21.8.2023.
translated by Htwe Ko Tun
KNU and PDF joint force shot a Backhoe loader, returning after the clearing works on Asia Expressway, with a RPG on Myawaddy –Kawkareik road in the morning on August 20th, it is known.
A local resident gave message to MT News Agency that the backhoe loader was shot by KNU and PDF joint force near Kwin Ga Lay curve on Asia Expressway at 11 am on this day.
It is known that no casualty in the shooting and the right side of the heavy equipment vehicle was short only. One resident in Myawaddy town also said “There are some landslides occurred on the expressway and the Backhoe loader returned from these places after clearing works. It is known no skirmish on the way only as a shoot-and-run action of these forces as usual.
On the Asia Expressway, some skirmishes were happened in the past. In recent time, KNU and PDF joint forces had also shot the reconstruction team on the way which is carrying out reconstruction works at the places damaged by heavy rains.