On November 20, after the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) launched an offensive and captured Kanpaikti (Kan Paik Ti) town in Kachin Stateโs Special Region 1 along the China-Myanmar border, 302 junta troops fled into China. That evening, China repatriated the fleeing troops to Muse, a town in northern Shan State.
The transfer took place at the Man Wein border crossing in Muse, facilitated by officials of the Chinese Peopleโs Liberation Army (PLA), who were in full military uniform and armed. They handed over the junta troops to Myanmar military officials.
This marks the first time such a transfer has occurred, as China exerts pressure to prevent further clashes in Muse, a border town still controlled by the junta but besieged by the Northern Alliance.
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