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19-11-2024, 10:18 PM
Continue from above...The leader of an ethnic rebel army was being held under house arrest in China’s Yunnan province in the latest move by Beijing to pressure it to withdraw from Lashio, northern Shan state’s biggest city, a source close to the army told Radio Free Asia. The insurgent Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, or MNDAA, captured the junta’s military headquarters in Lashio in July. In August, it took full control of the town, which serves as an important commercial gateway near the Chinese border. MNDAA’s leader, Peng Daxun, traveled to Yunnan province in late October for medical treatment and was later detained by Chinese authorities, according to the source, who requested anonymity for security reasons.
https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2024...na-yunnan/
He is under detention to negotiate withdrawal of his troops from Lashio,” now he detention followed a meeting in Yunnan in late October between Peng Daxun & Deng Xijun, the special representative for Asian Affairs @China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, another source said.
A source close to the military junta regime told RFA that Peng Daxun was being held at a hotel in Yunnan that’s owned by his father.
China’s interests
He is under detention to negotiate withdrawal of his troops from Lashio,” the source said.
The detention followed a meeting in Yunnan in late October between Peng Daxun and Deng Xijun, the special representative for Asian Affairs at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, according to another source.
A source close to the military junta regime told RFA that Peng Daxun was being held at a hotel in Yunnan that’s owned by his father.
China’s interests
The MNDAA is part of the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a group of three ethnic minority insurgent forces that launched its highly effective Operation 1027 offensive in October 2023, which has since captured vast swathes of junta-held territory.
A renewal of the offensive in June led to the capture of the junta’s northeastern command headquarters near Lashio – the only one of 14 such regional military command headquarters to fall into rebel hands.
The MNDAA took control of Lashio on Aug. 3, one of the most significant victories for the three-party alliance. Junta efforts to recapture the town have focused on frequent airstrikes and shelling.
China has since tried to protect its interests in the region by brokering several temporary ceasefires between the junta and alliance members.
https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2024...na-yunnan/
He is under detention to negotiate withdrawal of his troops from Lashio,” now he detention followed a meeting in Yunnan in late October between Peng Daxun & Deng Xijun, the special representative for Asian Affairs @China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, another source said.
A source close to the military junta regime told RFA that Peng Daxun was being held at a hotel in Yunnan that’s owned by his father.
China’s interests
He is under detention to negotiate withdrawal of his troops from Lashio,” the source said.
The detention followed a meeting in Yunnan in late October between Peng Daxun and Deng Xijun, the special representative for Asian Affairs at China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, according to another source.
A source close to the military junta regime told RFA that Peng Daxun was being held at a hotel in Yunnan that’s owned by his father.
China’s interests
The MNDAA is part of the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a group of three ethnic minority insurgent forces that launched its highly effective Operation 1027 offensive in October 2023, which has since captured vast swathes of junta-held territory.
A renewal of the offensive in June led to the capture of the junta’s northeastern command headquarters near Lashio – the only one of 14 such regional military command headquarters to fall into rebel hands.
The MNDAA took control of Lashio on Aug. 3, one of the most significant victories for the three-party alliance. Junta efforts to recapture the town have focused on frequent airstrikes and shelling.
China has since tried to protect its interests in the region by brokering several temporary ceasefires between the junta and alliance members.
