Myanmar’s military has tightened restrictions on the transport of food and medicine along the road linking the northern Shan State town of Nawnghkio to the regime stronghold of Pyin Oo Lwin in Mandalay Region, according to residents.
The move comes amid fierce clashes in the area as regime forces move closer to Nawnghkio, which has been under the control of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) since June of last year.
Security checks have been intensified at the Yin Ngoo Pin and Wekwin checkpoints, located along the 35-mile road between Nawnghkio and Pyin Oo Lwin, residents who passed through them recently told Myanmar Now.
“I told them I was visiting the clinic because of my poor health, but they still confiscated my medicines, claiming I was carrying too many,” said a woman who frequently passes through the Wekwin checkpoint to receive medical treatment in Pyin Oo Lwin. . .
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