KANCHANABURI, Thailand, Nov 11 (Bernama)-- The rumble of nearly continuous artillery explosions and gunfire coming from the Phaya Tong Su area near Myanmar's Three Pagodas Pass early Thursday morning led residents who fled to shelter in Thailand's Kanchanaburi hesitate to return home.
No shells landed in Thailand's territory, Thai news agency (TNA) reported, but the Myanmar people, who earlier returned to their homes after the intensified fighting had earlier eased, crossed the border to return to Thailand again on Wednesday evening.
The Surasee Task Force which oversees border security in Kanchanaburi boosted security measures to prevent any armed group from entering Thai territory.
Medical personnel are on stand-by in case the Myanmar nationals may get injured from the fighting before entering Thailand.
Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district chief said the situation at Phaya Tong Su seemed to have eased and some Myanmar people have gradually returned home. However, he said shops at the border will remain closed for another day for safety reason and if no fighting erupts, the situation would be declared normal Thursday evening.
Myanmar nationals have crossed the border to Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district since the clashes between the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and Myanmar army forces inside the Myanmar border town of Phaya Tong Su earlier this week.
Clashes also occurred in Myawaddy but the last group of Burmese and other ethnic Myanmar people who fled fighting in Myawaddy to Mae Sot district in Tak had returned home Wednesday morning.
-- BERNAMA
Source:http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=542449
No shells landed in Thailand's territory, Thai news agency (TNA) reported, but the Myanmar people, who earlier returned to their homes after the intensified fighting had earlier eased, crossed the border to return to Thailand again on Wednesday evening.
The Surasee Task Force which oversees border security in Kanchanaburi boosted security measures to prevent any armed group from entering Thai territory.
Medical personnel are on stand-by in case the Myanmar nationals may get injured from the fighting before entering Thailand.
Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district chief said the situation at Phaya Tong Su seemed to have eased and some Myanmar people have gradually returned home. However, he said shops at the border will remain closed for another day for safety reason and if no fighting erupts, the situation would be declared normal Thursday evening.
Myanmar nationals have crossed the border to Kanchanaburi's Sangkhla Buri district since the clashes between the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and Myanmar army forces inside the Myanmar border town of Phaya Tong Su earlier this week.
Clashes also occurred in Myawaddy but the last group of Burmese and other ethnic Myanmar people who fled fighting in Myawaddy to Mae Sot district in Tak had returned home Wednesday morning.
-- BERNAMA
Source:http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=542449
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