Tag: Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army

Thousands flee, red cross convoy attacked in Myanmar

Unknown attackers shot and wounded two people in a convoy of eight vehicles marked with the emblem of the Myanmar Red Cross Society that was attempting to transport civilians displaced by fighting in Laukkai, yesterday on the Chinese border, a witness said. Red Cross spokeswoman Shwe Cin Myint said there hadn’t been an attack like this before. A government soldier blamed the attack on an ethnic Kokang force called Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). […]

Myanmar declares state of emergency, imposes martial law

Myanmar President Thein Sein declared a state of emergency in the Kokang region in the east and imposed a three-month period of martial law on Tuesday (February 17) night, hours after a Red Cross convoy came under attack. “Tension has escalated in the area and it was found that Article 144 of Criminal Procedure alone is not effective to control chaos and to manage administration sector while lives and property of civilians are under threat […]