Junta forces have hastened their advance into resistance-held areas of Sagaing Region’s Pale Township following the surrender last week of Bo Nagar, leader of the Burma National Revolutionary Army (BNRA), to Myanmar’s military, according to local sources.
Two army columns of around 200 troops have pushed into the western part of the township since taking over Kyaung Than, a BNRA stronghold about six miles west of the junta-controlled town of Pale, the sources said.
“Both columns are heading to the area west of Pale. One is headed west from the village of Sin Shin and the other, from In Gyin Su, is also moving in that direction,” a spokesperson for Pale Township’s anti-regime People’s Administrative Team told Myanmar Now.
The columns are reportedly moving near the village of Min Taing Pin, where the military established a base last year after resistance forces Myanmar Now's award-winning journalism is made possible by our subscribers. Become one today. Already a subscriber? Log inSubscribe for full access
