Kokang Attack Official's Home in Latest Myanmar Violence

Kokang rebels in Myanmar have attacked the residence of the regional administrator and the local army headquarters, killing at least one in the latest violence to hit the region near the border with China. Rebel spokesman Tun Myat Lin told VOA Wednesday the attack on the home of Pae Shauk Chan was meant as a warning to the local government. "They collaborated with the Myanmar army and forcibly call back refugees to Laukkai. So this attack is warning them not to do so," he...

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