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When China ended the fighting on January 10, the junta had lost 24 battalion headquarters and command centers and hundreds of frontline bases.

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AA Turns Its Guns on Last Myanmar Junta Battalion Defending Thandwe. After forcing Battalion 566 troops to flee along Ngapali Beach, the Arakan Army is focusing its attention on Infantry Battalion 55 at the entrance to Ngapali
Fighting intensified in Rakhine State’s Thandwe Township on Tuesday. Arakan Army (AA) continued to attack junta’s Infantry Battalion 55 in  beach resort of Ngapali. It is the last battalion defending Thandwe.Battalion 55 was previously a paramilitary force called Union Military Police (UMP), formed by fledgling civilian govt after Myanmar’s independence in 1948. Some junta soldiers from Battalion 566 surrendered during AA’s attacks on unit located between Mazin & Zee Phyu Kone villages in Ngapali town, while some fled to Battalion 55. Some police officers from Thandwe central police station fled to AA-controlled areas along with their weapons, some have joined junta troops & have been deployed in Thandwe Prison, said a Thandwe resident.

“After the fall of Battalion 566, police from Thandwe central police station fled in cars and motorbikes. Those who fled in cars returned after the district police chief told them to. I heard they are now deployed in the prison. Those who fled by bike escaped,” he said. Family members are concerned about safety of inmates at Thandwe Prison, Many detainees there are accused of having ties with AA. Residents have called on regime to transfer the prisoners to safe places. Many Thandwe town residents have fled to rural areas, and thousands of displaced people need emergency relief supplies, said a Thandwe-based charity member.

“The AA has surrounded Thandwe town & opens roads for residents during lull between air raids. Residents were able to flee as junta troops from checkpoint outside Thandwe on road to Taungup have fled. Residents urgently need food,” the AA has cut off supply routes for the regime in Thandwe, forcing the junta to rely solely on airstrikes to defend the town.

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