Practically 50 junta troopers surrendered to an ethnic armed group in southern Myanmar, its political wing introduced on Tuesday
The Karen Nationwide Union’s armed department, the Karen Nationwide Liberation Military, intercepted junta troops in Tanintharyi area’s Myeik township.
Commander Lieutenant Colonel Aung Hein, main the junta’s Myeik-based Infantry Battalion 103, surrendered to the Karen military’s Brigade 4, based on an announcement from the Karen Nationwide Union. The Karen Nationwide Liberation Military intercepted 48 troops on their approach again to regroup in Htee Hta Byu Har junta camp on Monday, whereas six junta troopers had been killed within the assault.
The group started combating for territory in Tanintharyi in November 2022. This victory marks a primary for the Karen Nationwide Liberation Military’s successes within the area, a spokesman for KNLA allies the Myeik District Revolutionary Power instructed RFA.
“We are able to say that this give up was the very first of its form in Tanintharyi area,” he instructed RFA, declining to be named for safety causes. “I heard that they surrendered yesterday.”
The troops that surrendered used to conduct navy operations in Tanintharyi and Palaw townships, he stated, including that joint Karen Nationwide Union and Folks’s Protection Forces are conducting operations towards the military in Dawei and Palaw township.
RFA contacted Tanintharyi area’s junta spokesperson Thet Naing for a touch upon the incident, however he didn’t reply by the point of publication.
Practically 70 gentle and heavy weapons had been seized and the 48 junta troopers who surrendered are being held in accordance with worldwide regulation, the Karen Nationwide Union’s assertion stated.
Translated by RFA Burmese. Edited by Kiana Duncan and Mike Firn.
