Shan Herald Agency for News (SHAN) / BNI Online | February 13, 2018

Over 170 displaced residents, fled from fighting in Kutkai Township, have taken shelter in Hseni (Theinni) Township, northern Shan State.

The Amyotha Hluttaw MP Sai Wan Leng Kham from Lashio District, the State Hluttaw MP Sai Kham Myat from Tangyan Township, and the State Hluttaw MP Nan Khin Htar Yi from Hseni Township met with the displaced residents on February 11 and found out that they are in need of vegetables and other foodstuff.

“A total of 174 people have come to Hseni. I heard that over 50 people from 13 households from Ta Khai Village have arrived in Wan Khauk Kwe Village of Kutkai Township. Over 170 people who have arrived in Hseni currently have rice, cooking oil, salt, and dried food, but they don’t have vegetables. So I want to request the people from this area to donate the vegetables,” said Nan Khin Htar Yi.

The displaced residents of Wan Sai Khaung and Wan Ta Khai villages in Kutkai Township are taking shelter at Kawng Ai Ywarma Monastery under Kawng Ai Village Group in Hseni Township after fighting broke out between the Tatmadaw and the Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta’ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA) on February 5.

Although the armed clashes have become stable between the Tatmadaw and the TNLA and the TNLA and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army – South (RCSS/SSA-S) in Kutkai Township, tensions are still high between them so the displaced residents are afraid to return home.

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This article originally appeared on BNI Online on February 13, 2018.

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