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TNLA Brigadier-General Tar Bhone Kyaw confirmed Saturday. MNDAA had taken Laukkai into their land, they got it back now. n "their people will not have to stay under military regime," the rebel grps control of key northern town bordering China, by ethnic minority ,the town is notorious for online scam operations, a big blow to junta facing its biggest threat to power since seizing power in a 2021 coup, people have been fleeing Laukkai town, near bordering China is run by a military militia.

This Online Scams -- Laukkai a big town alongside vital border hubs, damaging trade between China and Myanmar's cash-strapped for junta. Leader Min Aung Hlaing made a name for himself in 2009 as regional commander, he expelled MNDAA from town N in installed a militia that got rich producing drugs and selling a potent cocktail of gambling and sex to visitors from across Chinese border.

Saturday news, Global New Light of Myanmar said Min Aung Hlaing met Chinese vice foreign minister Sun Weidong in capital Naypyidaw & "exchanged views to forge peace and stability, this uptick fighting near Laukkai prompted Beijing to ask citizens to leave last month. Analysts say China now maintains ties with ethnic armed groups in northern Myanmar, some share close ethnic and cultural links with China & used Chinese currency and phone networks in territory they control & the alliance's offensive has galvanised opponents of junta and clashes have spread to east & west of Myanmar. More than half a million people have been forced to flee their homes, as dozens of armed ethnic minority groups battled Myanmar's military since independence from Britain, 1948.

Some want greater autonomy while others simply want the right to run the lucrative trade in jade, drugs and timber in their territory.
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Latest news: The Three Brotherhood Alliance declared the entire Kokang region as a "Military Council-free area," claiming that over 2,300 military personnel, including six brigadier generals, and their family members, had surrendered on January 5, as per the report. 

Video clips on social media showed their transportation to safety, with many reportedly taken to Lashio, the capital of Shan's northern region, under an agreement with the MNDAA for repatriation.

Three Brotherhood Alliance’, consists of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, and the Arakan Army. The MNDAA represents the Kokang minority, who are ethnic Chinese, the report added.

Govt spokesperson Maj. Gen. Zaw Min Tun said military and local commanders relinquished control of Laukkaing, considering various aspects, including safety of soldiers' family members. The spokesperson highlighted military's consideration of Myanmar's relationship with China, which is just across border from Laukkaing. The alliance's offensive, framed as struggle against military rule and organized crime, targeted cyber scam operations in Laukkaing had victimized Chinese nationals. China has publicly supported efforts to eliminate these operations. While remains unclear if alliance will extend its offensive beyond Shan state, it has vowed to continue fighting against military rule.