Burmese military shells exploded near the camp for displaced persons in the mountains

A committee on behalf of the Myanmar military said that the Myanmar military this week fired long-range artillery in three places where Shan State joins Thailand, and shells exploded near two camps for internally displaced persons.
The State Refugee Council (SSRC), which works in six camps in the area, said no one was injured, but the internally displaced persons were “on high alert” and feared more attacks.
At the time of the shelling on Sunday, about 20 internally displaced persons, including two children, were tending the fields.
SSRC said in a statement that residents of Loi Kaw Wan had packed their luggage in case they needed to escape. It added: “Adults dare not sleep all night for fear of being attacked.”
Sai Leng, the representative of SSRC, said
Loi Kaw Wan is located across from Thailand’s Chiang Rai Province. It is the largest of the six border refugee camps with more than 2,500 residents. About 40 of them are children. Approximately 3,500 people live in the other five camps.
The Military Tachilek Township Boundary Commission sent a letter to Thailand at the end of last month, warning that it plans to attack bases controlled by the State Recovery Commission. The camp for internally displaced persons is located near the group’s base.
According to local sources and SSRC, people in the refugee camp are worried that there may be more attacks after dozens of regime soldiers arrived in the area last week.
The committee stated that the military had reinforced six light infantry battalions and one infantry battalion based in Ligua Bay.
Celan said: “They may use mortar shells, they may use air strikes, and then they may send ground troops.”
He added that the camps for internally displaced persons were “surrounded” by Myanmar military posts and those belonging to the Wa State Coalition Army.
“They used drones. They knew where the camp was. Their technology was very dangerous for us.
His committee official, the Thai government, “immediately allowed internally displaced persons to cross the border immediately after the attack began, and provided them with safe havens, shelters and access to preventive assistance.”
The residents of the refugee camp were one of the 300,000 people who fled their houses during the Scorched Earth Movement conducted by the Myanmar Armed Forces in Shan State in the late 1990s.