CHIANG MAI-June 5. The Burma Army has deployed more troops to areas of northern Shan State close to the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) and the United Wa State Army (UWSA).
At the end of May, the Burma Army deployed about 20 truckloads of soldiers, together with about 15 armored vehicles, from the Shan State capital Taunggyi to Mongsu township, and from the eastern Shan State capital Kengtung to Mongjarng township.
Sai Hseng, a local villager, said: "The Burma Army deployed their troops by truck from Taunggyi and Kengtung to Mongsu township. When they returned, the trucks were empty."
He added that even though the Burma Army had deployed its troops closer to the Wa, the Wa had not yet responded with any military deployment, unlike in 2009 when the UWSA was pressured by the Burma Army to become a Border Guard Force. At that time, the Wa had reinforced its troops around its territories and made bunkers.
Wa spokesman U Aung Myint (aka Li Julie) said: "We are keeping an eye on them. There has been no order from above."
A member of a People's Militia in Mongsu township said: "The Burma Army has deployed troops and is operating along the east and west of the Salween River around the SSPP/SSA and UWSA, at least 20 infantry battalions'"
Both SSPP/SSA and UWSA reached a ceasefire with Naypyitaw under President Thein Sein's government.
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