中國解放軍向果敢邊境集結
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PLA moves to the Kokang border
Tuesday, 25 August 2009 11:29 S.H.A.N.
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In anticipation of any hostilities that might break out between Kokang and
the Burma Army, China’s People’s Liberation Army has moved more than 700
troops to the Sino-Burma border, according to a ceasefire source last evening.
On the opposite side of the border are some 2,000 Burma Army troops who are
taking positions to grab any opportunity that might be offered by the warrin
g factions in the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), as the
Kokang Army prefers to be known.
On the one side of the MNDAA is Peng Jiasheng, the Kokang supreme leader, who
appears to be getting the upper hand by having in command the loyalty of the
bulk of the army. One the other side are 4 dissident leaders who have
transferred their allegiance to the Burma Army in order to oust him:
?? Bai Souqian, Deputy Commander
?? Mi Xiaoting, Chief Administrative Officer
?? Li Guoshi, EC member
?? Li Erh, EC member
A fifth leader Wei Xiaoyang was reportedly detained by Peng’s faction.
“Bai’s faction at first managed to rally a little over 100 troops to their
camp,” said a local ceasefire officer. “But most of them have chosen to r
eturn to Peng’s fold.”
Peng already has survived a mutiny more than a decade ago. But this time, th
e Burma Army appears to be definitely on the mutineers’ side.
On 21 August, an arms repair workshop (not an arms factory, as reported earl
ier) in Yanglonggai, east of the Kokang capital Laogai, was seized by the Bu
rma Army. On the following day, the police in Shan State North capital Lashi
o served a summons for Peng, his younger brother Jiafu and his two sons to a
ppear in court. The 4 however had failed to show up. Tensions between the tw
o sides, flared up again since.
Some analysts say the Burma Army’s objective is to stir up the flame of con
flict between the Kokang factions and take advantage of it to seize the terr
itory. “It wouldn’t be unlike the Mongkoe incident (which took place in 20
00),” remembered a Chinese businessman of Shan descent.
On 24 October 2000, a faction of the Mongkoe Defense Army (MDA), a breakaway
group from Kokang, had mutinied. A month later, the mutineers were executed
, the MDA leader Mong Sala put in jail and the territory occupied by the Bur
ma Army.
Wa and other allies of Kokang, in the meanwhile, have called for non-interfe
rence in Kokang internal affairs. “We should only help them sort it out amo
ng themselves peacefully,” said a Wa officer who requests anonymity.
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