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Shan Herald Agency for News
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18 December 1999
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Burma Army's Attacks Repulsed

S.H.A.N. Reporter: Five Charges By Junta Troops, Five Repulses By Shans =
Saengjuen Sarawin, who is with the Shan resistance unit defending a =
strategic stronghold across Chaingria, reported at 16:40 that junta =
forces attacking it had been successfully repulsed again.

Junta units, comprising IB331, IB316 and the Nampoong militia force, =
attacking Loi Maemaw, a strategic mountain overlooking the surrounding =
area, west of Tachilek, eastern Shan State, resumed the attack at 06:00. =
"Throughout the morning up to 14:30, they made five charges backed by =
heavy shelling of the Shan positions", said Saengjuen, Editor in Chief =
of Shan Herald Agency for News. "They retired with heavy losses in the =
afternoon".

The attack against the Shans started after the Shan State Army of Yawd =
Serk ambushed a drug caravan escorted jointly by IB331 of Tachilek and =
the Nampoong militia force of Yishay on 13 December. The seized =
amphetamine tablets, 400,000 in all, were handed over to the Thai =
authorities two days later.

The Shan State Army's statement says the campaign against drugs is in =
line with its Fifth Guiding Principle: Anti-narcotics. It also alleges =
that the result of the ambush on Monday proves beyond doubt the junta =
itself is involved in drugs.
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For further information, please contact S.H.A.N. at:
Shan Herald Agency for News.
P.O. Box. 15, Nonghoi P.O., 50007, Chiangmai, Thailand
Ph/Fax: (053) 807 121
e-mail: <shan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

S.H.A.N. is a non-profit making, independent Shan media group. It is not =

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<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>18 December =
1999</FONT></DIV>
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size=3D4>Burma Army's Attacks Repulsed<BR><BR></FONT></STRONG>S.H.A.N. =
Reporter:=20
Five Charges By Junta Troops, Five Repulses By Shans Saengjuen Sarawin, =
who is=20
with the Shan resistance unit defending a&nbsp;strategic stronghold =
across=20
Chaingria, reported at 16:40 that junta forces attacking it had been=20
successfully repulsed again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>Junta units, =
comprising IB331,=20
IB316 and the Nampoong militia force, attacking Loi Maemaw, a strategic =
mountain=20
overlooking the surrounding area, west of Tachilek, eastern Shan State, =
resumed=20
the attack at 06:00. "Throughout the morning up to 14:30, they made five =
charges=20
backed by heavy shelling of the Shan positions", said Saengjuen, Editor =
in Chief=20
of Shan Herald Agency for News. "They retired with heavy losses in the=20
afternoon".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>The attack against =
the Shans=20
started after the Shan State Army of Yawd Serk ambushed a drug caravan =
escorted=20
jointly by IB331 of Tachilek and the Nampoong militia force of Yishay on =
13=20
December. The seized amphetamine tablets, 400,000 in all, were handed =
over to=20
the Thai authorities two days later.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>The Shan State =
Army's statement=20
says the campaign against drugs is in line with its Fifth Guiding =
Principle:=20
Anti-narcotics. It also alleges that the result of the ambush on Monday =
proves=20
beyond doubt the junta itself is involved in drugs.</FONT></DIV>
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further information,=20
please contact S.H.A.N. at:<BR>Shan Herald Agency for News.<BR>P.O. Box. =
15,=20
Nonghoi P.O., 50007, Chiangmai, Thailand<BR>Ph/Fax: (053) 807 =
121<BR>e-mail:=20
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is a non-profit making, independent Shan media group. It is not =
<BR>affiliated=20
to any political or armed organization.=20
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