The Bago Region PDF announced today that the cornered battles were took place three times with SAC Military and more than 40 soldiers including 3 officers, were killed in Yedashe Township in Bago Region.
The Quarter (4) of PDF Battalion 3501 of Taungoo District and the Joint Force attacked the SAC Military three times.
At around 6:00 p.m. on 16 January, when around 100 strengths of the SAC Military approached to the south of Najab, the platoon (2) of PDF Quarter (4) of Taungoo District attacked by mines, and more than 2 soldiers were killed and 6 soldiers were seriously injured.
“At around 5:00 a.m., on January 17th, the SAC Military that entered the column again was attacked by landmines of the platoon (3) of quarter (4) of PDF Battalion-3501. The ambush patrol group of platoon (3) engaged in cornered battle for the first time for about 20 minutes,” the Bago Region PDF reported.
The wounded SAC Military retreated, and at around 10:00 a.m., the joint forces attacked again as they deployed again on Wat Poup Road in the North-East of Najab.
At around 12:00 in the afternoon, the third battles took place within 50 yards and lasted for about 1 and a half hours, due to the SAC Military was advancing forward on the Najab-Kwingchung road at Kyaukphong.
“In the first and second battles, the joint forces were able to control and start firing,” said by Saw Jek, a commander of PDF Battalion-3501 of Taungoo District.
“In the third fight, we saw dead bodies within an arm’s length. On that, we estimated the news. We also knew the death of the soldiers through the rest of the news sources. We could hear their voices. They were calling for reinforcements. We could hear voices saying that the captain had fallen. There were also those who ran away.
Since we saw them first, we could fire to accurate points and we guessed that we could hear voices saying that the captain had fallen in 3 places, as if they had to guard the property,” a commander, Saw Jack, said how to know the list of dead soldiers.
In the firstly 2 times of cornered battle, the platoon (2) and platoon (3) of quarter 4 of PDF Battalion 3501 attacked, and the third cornered battle was attacked by joining with the Allied forces.
It is reported that there were many injured soldiers of the SAC in these 3 encounters, and a revolutionary comrade from the North Thantaunggyi Special Area Team – Quarter (3) was killed and one was injured.
Regarding the list of killed and injured soldiers, the MPA could not confirm it yet.
After checking the backpacks (2) left by the soldiers who ran away during the battle, it was confirmed that they were artillery badges.
It is reported that battles have resumed intensely in Yedashe Township at around 2:30 p.m. today, and people from 3 villages nearby fighting have also been fled.