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Subject: NEWS - Another 4 Cuts Campaign Ordered To Counter the Shan States

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SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS - July 23, 1999

SHAN STATES

Another 4 Cuts Campaign Ordered To Counter the Shan States Army

S.H.A.N. sources in the north reported on 21 July that the junta
generals
had ordered their troops to wage the notorious "4 cuts" operations
against
Shan States Army's northern expeditionary force.

Sources close to the ceasefire groups reported S.H.A.N. that the
Northeastern Command in Lashio had issued orders to liquidate without
quarter any villager or headman that was suspected to be sympathized
with the SSA, anyone that failed to report its movements
or anyone that tried to mislead thet junta units.

The areas that are being penetrated by the Shan States Army's northern
expeditionary force commanded by Ltc. Moengzuen are Mawha - Mawhiang
in Mongyai Township, and Loimaw - Mongtawm in Tangyan Township.
Ma Kuowen and his local anti-insurgency militia unit is responsible for
the security of the first area and Bo Mon's other militia unit for the
second.
Both were from the defunct Mong Tai Army led by Khun Sa who
surrendered in January 1996.

At least 6 junta battalions which include IB 41, 68, 326, 332 506 and
507
are being deployed to blockade, search and destroy the Shan force, the
core of which is Moengzuen's crack 758th Brigade. Its strength is
estimated from 500 to 900.

As a result, tortures and killings which were reminiscent of the 1997 -
98
campaigns in the that which led to mass relocations, have started.

On the part of the Shan State Army a.k.a Shan States Army Northern,
being a
ceasefire group, it was already forced to move out from its former
positions
near the cordoned areas. "They have also been warned personally by
Maj-Gen
Tin Aung Myint  Oo, Commander of the Northeastern Command, not to give
any assistance to Yawdserk's encircled troops".

The SSA - N and the SSA - S fighters wear identical insignias, in
accordance
with the pact they signed on 13 September 1996.

The situation has given rise to fears of another forced relocation
program
that might end in another exodus to neighboring countries, said the
source.