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Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), who have already been displaced twice and some even trice, have to flee once again as battles rage in southern Kachin State and northern Shan State between Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Burmese Government troops. Mass evacuation began as fighting continues to rage in Nawng luk, Nawng Lum, Lahkum Pa, Nam Hka, Lagat Daw, Kyak Hpra, and Gawng Ngu Yang area in Mansi Township. A local official says on Thursday that about 1000 IDPs living in Lagat Yang IDP camp, about 1000 Shan villagers and Kachin civilians living in Ulang Pa District have fled to Man Win Gyi and Chinese side of the border - Nam Gu and Nong Dao. Some IDPs have been relocated to Nawng Mun, a Shan village close to China border, by KIO’s IDP and Refugee and Relief Committee (IRRC) and some have been moved to Man Win Gyi area under Burmese government’s control. Mungmau Baptist Association and Karuna Social Service have been helping IDPs who have fled to Man Win Gyi with bedding and foods..... kachinlandnews/?p=24308
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:14:56 +0000

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