TNLA Restarts Operation 1027 Against Myanmar Junta
TNLA Restarts Operation 1027 Against Myanmar Junta
The Ta'ang National Liberation Army has launched coordinated attacks against the regime in northern Shan State and Mandalay Region.
Operation 1027 restarted in northern Shan State on Tuesday after Myanmar’s junta was accused of repeatedly breaching a Chinese-brokered ceasefire.
The operation 1027 was started with Chinese blessings. It was stopped with Chinese intervention. It has now resumed again likely with Chinese blessings. This operation declared 6 objectives at the start : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_1027 which oddly included eradication of online scam centers and gambling dens on Chinese border. It's not so odd when this was known to be an irritant to the Chinese and Junta had done nothing about them despite Chinese requests.
After the ceasefire, the Myanmar Junta was seen carrying out arrests and deportation of gambling and online extortion fraud bosses to China. What are the Chinese objectives this time? Are the Chinese not satisfied with the action taken against online fraud? Is this meant to help Arakan Army make further gains in the west by drawing Junta's resources away from there? Arakan Army has surrounded the key strategic Chinese project in Arakan - the deep sea port project that will link southwestern China to Indian Ocean providing a much shorter route to Africa, Middle East, Indian and European markets. It's also meant to create a second "shore" in the less developed more impoverished areas of China. China is playing both sides here. Who do they trust more?