Special post--from Irrawaddy --partial copy and paste--major win for Resistance--you can be sure junta won't bomb Kokang

Major win for Resistance--Kokang--5000 incld 6 brig gens returned to NPT--Walnut not denying--junta won't bomb Kokang

Myanmar’s junta boss Min Aung Hlaing has met senior Chinese representatives after a rogue shell from the Kokang enclave in northern Shan State injured Chinese citizens in Yunnan Province on Wednesday.

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Deputy foreign minister Sun Weidong, ambassador Chen Hai and regional special envoy Deng Xijun met Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw on Friday, according to the regime. Deng has brokered peace talks between the junta and the Brotherhood Alliance, which is attacking the regime along the Chinese border and in Rakhine State, where China has invested heavily.kmk—talks were inconclusive

At Friday’s meeting, border stability and boosting cooperation were discussed, according to the junta.

The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) of the Brotherhood Alliance has taken complete control of Kokang along the Chinese border. Kokang’s capital Laukkai fell on Thursday with almost 2,400 junta soldiers, including six brigadier generals, along with 1,601 family members, surrendering to the rebel army. T

he regional command center is now held by the MNDAA.

The junta has suffered several major defeats in northern Shan State since Operation 1027 was launched by the Brotherhood Alliance on October 27. https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/senior-chinese-envoys-meet-myanmar-junta-boss-after-shell-mishap.html

Almost 2,400 regime troops, including six generals, have surrendered to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in Kokang region, northern Shan State, in the largest single defeat for the junta since the 2021 coup.

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he MNDAA said on Friday that 2,389 regime soldiers, including six brigadier generals, and 1,601 family members surrendered on Thursday.

Myanmar Regime Raises the White Flag in Kokang Zone on China Border in Shan State January 5, 2024

13k The chiefs of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone and Laukkai Military Command were among the six generals who surrendered.

The MNDAA said the whole of Kokang is a “regime-free zone” and marks the beginning of the end of the dictatorship.

Almost 4,000 troops and their families were reportedly sent back to the regime in Lashio, the capital of northern Shan State, and elsewhere in the state. Junta soldiers and family members who surrendered to the MNDAA waiting to leave Laukkai, the capital of Kokang. / CJ

Junta spokesman Major General Zaw Min Tun told the pro-regime Popular News Journal that the priorities were the safety of regime personnel and their families and relations with China.

The regime is under pressure from China to restore stability along the border.

The Brotherhood Alliance, which includes the MNDAA, launched Operation 1027 across northern Shan State on October 27 last year and has seized over 300 junta bases, around 10 towns and vital trade routes and border gates with China. 1-6-2024