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Situation of
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Yangon, 9 May — A news briefing on situation of the recaptured Pachee outpost near Pungpahkyem in Mongton Township, eastern Shan State and a bomb explosion near G Shedat western wing of Zaygyo in Mandalay was held at Tatmadaw Guest House on Inya Road this morning.
Officiating Head of Department of Office of Strategic Studies Lt-Col San Pwint said after Pachee outpost was recaptured on 3 May, the Tatmadaw columns and members of local people’s militia launched mopping up operations in the surrounding areas. When the local people’s militia launched an attack on a hillock, located on Myanmar-Thai border south of Pachee outpost, heavy weapons were fired on Myanmar positions from Thai side on 6, 7 and 8 May. SURA opium trafficking insurgents took foothold at the hillock during Myanmar Tatmadaw’s offensive to recapture Pachee outpost. The Myanmar Tatmadaw is exercising restraint to avoid occurring problems at the border.
When the security personnel found that it was a mine, they cleared all the civilians from the area. While the security personnel were preparing to clear the mine from the area, it exploded at 12.37 pm. The vibration of the explosion shattered the glasses of a nearby building. Eight persons who suffered bruises from shattered glass were warded at the hospital. The time bomb was planted by SURA group to launch destructive acts in major cities to divert public attention from it. Deputy Chief of OSS Deputy Director of Defence Services Intelligence Maj-Gen Kyaw Win gave supplementary clarifications on the incidents.
A documentary photo on bomb explosion at Zaygyo in Mandalay.
Maj-Gen Kyaw Win and officials replied to questions raised by journalists. Also present were Deputy Minister for Information Brig-Gen Aung Thein, Deputy Minister for Homes Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, officials of OSS, Ministry of Information and Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control, Patron of Myanmar Correspondent Club U Sein Win, President U Sao Kai Pha and members, correspondents of The Myanmar Times and guests.
Journalists and officials then viewed photos on the bomb explosion and maps on the Pachee outpost. A similar news briefing was also held at the same venue in the afternoon. Present were officials of OSS and military attaches of foreign missions in Yangon led by Acting Dean of the Foreign Military Attaches in Myanmar Military Attaché of Japanese Embassy Col Hirofumi Yusa.
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Concerning
the bomb explosion, he said a person informed the security personnel that
he found a suspicious package at the bicycle stand near G complex at
western wing of Zaygyo Market in Mandalay at 11.30 am on 4 May.
