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According to People's Defense Force officials, the ongoing conflict between the local defense joint forces and the Military Council troops at the Pekon-Pinlaung border in southern Shan State has now exceeded three months. Currently Military Council troops are stationed in South Salong village. A news and information official from the 2nd Battalion of the Mobye People's Defense
Blindfolded and tied together with a rope, detained villagers were forced to march in front of a military column in a village in Pekon Township, Shan State.