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Fighting continues in Myanmar's Kokang battlefield

Xinhua, February 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Fighting continued in Myanmar's Kokang battlefield Tuesday with the government forces combing the areas where troops of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) were retreating, state radio and TV reported.

Clashes took place for four times between the two sides during the day, the report said.

According to local media , the government forces launched air strike on the Kokang ethnic army in some areas of Kokang region, the country's northeastern Shan state, Tuesday following the outbreak of fighting between the two sides in Laukkai Monday.

The government terms the MNDAA as Kokang renegade troops.

The government forces' intermittent bombing with some jet fighters started in the morning at about 7 a.m. (local time) and lasted until afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in areas of Phone Shwe Shan and Kyi Hto Shan areas in the region's Kong Kyan township, the report added.

Fighting broke out on Monday afternoon when 1,000-strong MNDAA launched attacks on several government outposts in Kokang region, covering Laukkai, Tar Shwe Tan, Kong Kyan and Nyan Khun.

The government forces in Laukkai counter-attacked MNDAA in self- defence on the day , accusing the Kokang army of undermining peace and stability in the region. Endi