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Myanmar junta says senior officers held as rebels take over major base
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-says-senior-officers-held-rebels-take-over-major-base-2024-08-05/Myanmar junta says senior officers held as rebels take over major base
By Reuters
August 5, 2024 6:36 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
Aug 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Chinese border, in a rare admission of battlefield failure after rebels announced they had taken control of the key regional army headquarters.
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) rebel group, which said on July 25 it had taken over the base but kept fighting to gain full control, posted photographs of its troops at the military stronghold in Lashio town on Saturday.
Junta troops have been unable to contact an undisclosed number of officers at the besieged northeastern regional command, said military spokesman Zaw Min Tun on Monday, following weeks of intense fighting in and around the town.
"It has been found that senior officials were arrested," he said in an audio message posted on the Telegram messaging app, adding the junta was working to verify the situation.
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By Reuters
August 5, 2024 6:36 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago
Aug 5 (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Chinese border, in a rare admission of battlefield failure after rebels announced they had taken control of the key regional army headquarters.
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) rebel group, which said on July 25 it had taken over the base but kept fighting to gain full control, posted photographs of its troops at the military stronghold in Lashio town on Saturday.
Junta troops have been unable to contact an undisclosed number of officers at the besieged northeastern regional command, said military spokesman Zaw Min Tun on Monday, following weeks of intense fighting in and around the town.
"It has been found that senior officials were arrested," he said in an audio message posted on the Telegram messaging app, adding the junta was working to verify the situation.
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