By MPA CJ 023
Sagaing Division, Sal Lingyi Township, Chinese Wanbao Copper Project Police Gate and lounge building were raided by PDFs, killing two policemen and seriously injuring three others.
On May 31, at 6:45 p.m., the revolutionary forces went and opened fire on about 10 policemen at the police guard gate and lounge building of the Wanbao Copper Project, it was announced by the Special Attack Unit of the D.M.S.A, Dar Ma Sai Army – Battalion (28) of Yinmabin District.
“The gate we shot at yesterday is not the gate we shot at before. There is a lounge building at the eastern gate. We also shot inside the lounge. Two policemen who were outside the gate were killed. The exchange of fire took about 10 minutes. They fired heavy weapons. We did not hear the news of shells falling in the villages,” said Bo Htut Khaung, the leader of the Special Attack Unit, D.M.S.A.
While the fighting was going on, about 30 policemen arrived in two cars from Wanbao yard, so the revolutionary comrades had to retreat.
He said that it is known from reliable sources that the wounded policemen were taken to the Wanbao yard and the dead were also burned and buried in the Wanbao yard.
On May 25, the Wanbao Police Station was attacked by the 28th Battalion of Yinmabin District, Special Attack Unit of D.M.S.A and allied forces, killing three policemen and wounding two.
MPA cannot separately confirm the death and injury of policemen.