Tatmadaw columns marching from Kalay conducted security measures on 29 June and found a suspected building about 2,000 metres from the northern part of Kyundaw Yeshin village. Therefore, the column strategically cleared the building, and armed engagements with the terrorist groups occurred. The column occupied their camps, and the terrorists retreated after suffering heavy casualties.
It found one corrugated iron-roofed wooden house used by the armed groups, four temporary thatched huts capable of accommodating about 10 people each, cooking facilities and detention cells.
While Tatmadaw columns were continuing the security operations along the Kalay-Tamu road, they recaptured Kannan Village yesterday. The village was occupied and used as a military base by the armed groups, and the columns seized bodies, weapons and other equipment during the operation.
When the terrorists temporarily controlled Kannan Village, they disregarded the welfare of locals using the houses, religious buildings and public facilities, planted mines in compound and roads, built bunkers on both sides of roads and dug defensive trenches in compounds.
Tatmadaw columns will undertake rehabilitation efforts to ensure the safe return of locals, including clearing landmines planted by the insurgents, repairing roads and bridges damaged during the conflict, and facilitating the reopening of schools. Moreover, the security operations would continue at an accelerated pace to restore control of the Kalay-Tamu road as quickly as possible and support the prompt recovery of the social and economic livelihoods of locals.
MNA/KTZH
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