The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), has released more than 200 prisoners of war in Lashio, northern Shan State, amid ongoing tensions with junta troops, residents said.
On Saturday morning, the group assembled the prisoners of war at the old toll gate in Kachinkone village along the Lashio–Hsenwi road before handing them back to junta forces, Lashio residents said.
"They were first gathered inside the Asia World gate and then transferred from the AT Bridge area,” a Lashio resident told Myanmar Now of the release. “We don't know where they were brought from. The MNDA then sent back the junta soldiers.”
The junta took the prisoners of war released by the MNDAA to the Northeastern Command agricultural farm near Lashio Airport, said another resident. Among those released were junta police members of various ranks.
During the second phase of Operation 1027 in July 2024, MNDAA. . .
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