Kokang Implicate Fellow Rebel Group in Myanmar Fighting

The head of Kokang rebel forces in Myanmar has implicated a neighboring armed ethnic group as helping in its struggle against the army. In an exclusive interview with VOA's Mandarin service, Peng Daren, the commander of Kokang rebels, said the Kachin are among the groups helping his cause. "We ourselves have more than 3,000 soldiers. If, counting four other ethnic groups including Kachin Independence Organization, who are helping us, we have four- to five-thousand soldiers in...

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