Tatmadaw launches area combing operations for opening Myawady- Kawkareik Asian highway

Groups led by Kyaw Thet and Saw Hsan Aung fired heavy weapons 

at the basic education high school in Chaungtaung village.

This photo shows the impact of attack in Kawkareik Township fired

with heavy weapons by groups led by Kyaw Thet and Saw Hsan Aung.

Nay Pyi Taw July 10

Arrangements are underway to officially inaugurate Myawady- Kawkareik highway in this month for border trade facilitation, border region development, transport improvement for locals, connectivity among the countries of ASEAN region, and tourism development as construction of the new Asian corridor by the Union government, the state government and neighboring country has completed.

As small armed groups led by Kyaw Thet and Saw Hsan Aung that left Klo Htoo Baw Karen Organization (KKO) opened gates and extorting money from travelers on the new highway, the state government and the relevant organizations have given warning again and again to remove all those illegal gates. But they ignored the warnings, and the Tatmadaw columns had to comb the area. A battle broke out beginning 2 July as they started the fire. 

And when there were skirmishes on the highway, the groups fired heavy weapons at the basic education high school in Chaungtaung village, burnt down two buildings in the rubber plantation of Ministry of Industry near Hlaingkwe village, Kawkareik township, on 7 July; and fired heavy weapons at wards in Kawkareik on 8 July. Hence, the Tatmadaw in cooperation with border guard forces launched area combing operations and 29 skirmishes took place till 9 July.

Thanks to operations the old Myawady-Kawkareik road returned to normal on 8 July. Beginning this afternoon, security has been ensured on the highway also. (100)

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