The SAC troops conveyed to the front line towards the places where clashes happened in Tanintharyi Region have been using a channel much more, according to the locals.
They quietly have been using the channel without using a land route because their convoy often attacked with pull mines, it is known that.
According to the PDF troops, they had changed using the channel because their casualties were plenty more due to the mine attack.
The SAC troops using a channel were using to come and go with cargo boats and offshore trawlers without using their water craft, a local in Myeik said.
A local in Sate Nge Quarter, Myeik City said, “When the Military units shifted at night, when they were going to go frontline where clashes occurred, they were coming and going with offshore trawlers.”
In the past, when the SAC troops were marching towards the places occurred clashes, the PDF troops often used to attack them with mines in parts of route which are Thayet Chaung City, Palaw City, Myeik City on Myeik-Dawei Pyi Htaung Su Main Road, according to the PDF troops.
The incidents where the SAC convoys were attacked by mines, they always had casualties, the locals who live in the part of Myeik-Dawei Route said.
The battles often have been happening between the SAC and the PDF in the area of Palaw Township and Tanintharyi Township in Tanintharyi Region, there have been occurred a lot of battles in the area of Thayet Chaung Township and Dawei-Htee Khee Route in Dawei District.