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dam-l LS: Junta Fortifying Salween Dam Site
SHAN HERALD AGENCY FOR NEWS: JUNTA FORTIFYING THE SALWEEN DAM SITE
4 October, 1999 No: 10 - 6 from: shan@cm.ksc.co.th
According to sources close to the Shan States Army of Yawdserk, the Burma
Army has been, for the past two months, building up their positions along
the Salween River near the site which had undergone a five-month long
feasibility study until the end of March.
Saengjuen Sarawin, S.H.A.N.'s principal reporter, who recently returned
from his visit to the SSA Base, reports: "Units from 4 Infantry Battalions,
330, 332, 518 and 520, numbering 4-500, came from Mongpan (on the western
bank) to keep vigilance on both sides of the river from Ta-sangé to Tasang".
Tasang is the ferry crossing between Mongpan Township on the western bank
and Mongton Township on the eastern. A few kilometers north is the projected
dam site where feasibility studies took place in late October
last year by a Thai company.
In addition, there are 8 motorboats that patrols along the river, said the
sources. "The aim looks to be two-fold", said one. "First, to prevent the
Shan fighters from crossing back and forth along that stretch, and, second,
to insure security for the dam site".
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Aviva Imhof
South-East Asia Campaigner
International Rivers Network
1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley CA 94703 USA
Tel: + 1 510 848 1155 (ext. 312), Fax: + 1 510 848 1008
Email: aviva@irn.org, Web: http://www.irn.org
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