Myanmar’s military regime says it has lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast.
FILE - Army officers stand guard as police officers patrol in Lashio, northern Shan State, Myanmar, on May 29, 2013. military regime acknowledged Monday it had lost communications with the commanders of a strategically important army headquarters in the northeast, adding credence to a militia group's claims it had captured the base.
In a video broadcast Monday night on state television, the head of the ruling military council. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, gave a vague account of the base’s fall, saying some security forces in northern Shan State left their outposts because keeping people safe was their priority. The loss of Lashio raises questions about whether Myanmar's ruling military council could be forced to give up attempts to hold contested territory in order to consolidate a defense of the central heartland.
Lashio, about 110 kilometers south of the Chinese border, has been the target of an offensive by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army since early July. The MNDAA in a statement on Facebook on Saturday said the group had finally completely captured the Northeast Command headquarters and defeated the remaining army units in Lashio.
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