Doilang

Thai-Burma Relations:

Shan Herald Agency forNews

Regional Border Committee (RBC) #25 fails to settle the Doilang border dispute. The Committee decides to forward the issue to their respective governments.

The two sides deploy their troops in 32-square km area at 20 outposts, some of which are just a few meters apart. (Bangkok Post)

Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyoe, who was appointed to his new post in June, succeeding the outgoing Min Aung Hlaing, added, “Just as they (Thailand) have unilaterally taken possession of the Cambodian territory, they are doing the same at Loilang (the 32 square kilometer disputed area between Burma’s Monghsat and Thailand’s Mae Ai).
The time will come when we’ll have to deal with the issue properly.”

The Burmese side, which included Kyaw Phyoe, had demanded “full rights” over the disputed territory.