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Continue from above...The base was the last of three BGF battalion headquarters under the control of Zahkung Tin Ying’s New Democratic Army, which formed the junta-allied border force.

Zahkung Tin Ying was given control of the so-called Kachin State Special Region 1, including Chipwi, Tsawlaw, Pangwa, Kanpiketi and Waingmaw townships. Chipwi and Pangwa are rare earth mining hubs with heavy Chinese investment.

KIA & its allies recently seized Chipwi, Tsawlaw & Pangwa towns & the BGF Battalion 1002 HQ in Lu Pyi village, about 10km fm Pangwa. KIA sealed off Zahkung Tin Ying’s empty house in his hometown of Pangwa after taking control of town, KIA spokesman Colonel Naw Bu told The Irrawaddy.. On October 20, KIA seized the BGF Battalion 1003 HQ in Sin Kyaing village on Waingmaw-Sadung-Kanpiketi rd, around 10km from Kanpiketi.

KIA is coordinating with several resistance groups across Kachin State, northern Sagaing&Mandalay regions and northern Shan State. Around 10 Kachin towns & 6 in northern Sagaing Region & Shan State have been seized. General Gun Maw, the vice-chair of Kachin Independence Organization, KIA’s political wing, told BBC Burmese says Chinese authorities recently asked the armed group to stop fighting regime across northern Myanmar. He told Chinese that fighting would continue until junta dictatorship was defeated.
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