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SSA busts up junta dinner party
On Valentines' day, a Shan State Army (SSA) unit attacked a Burma army patrol while they were having meal resulting in a 20 minute clash in Southern Shan State, according to the rebel bulletin.
By: Lieng Lern (Tel:++6683
1537724)
On
14 February 2008, a 4-men SSA patrol led by Second- Lieutenant Sai Pi, one of
the units under Lieutenant Sai Ywe, coming across the Nam Pang river from the
east ran into a 50-men patrol from Infantry Battalion 246 led by Captain Kyi
Myint Than who were having their meal near Loi Mak Hin mountain, north of Wan
Lao village, Khun Hing Township, Southern Shan State.
The Burma Army
patrol was said to be visiting villages in the township to recruit a 100 strong
militia. Second-Lieutenant Sai Pi and the group withdrew from the place after
the clash, said the source.
There was no casualty on the SSA side and 2
were injured on the Burma Army side.
The SSA South, as it is popularly
know, was formed following the surrender of the Mong Tai Army (MTA), led by the
late Khun Sa, in 1996. It is reportedly the strongest anti-junta resistance
movement.
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