More than 150 villagers have fled to camps in Kyaukme township in the northern part of the volatile Shan state to escape intensified fighting between government soldiers and Taang National Liberation Army troops. Sai Tun Nyan of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party, who represents the town of Kyaukme, said he and another state lawmaker took residents of Nyaung Maung village to safety in internally displaced persons camps in his town. http://bit.ly/2izBO63

More than 150 villagers have fled to camps in Kyaukme township in the northern part of the volatile Shan state to escape intensified fighting between government soldiers and Taang National Liberation Army troops. Sai Tun Nyan of the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party, who represents the town of Kyaukme, said he and another state lawmaker took residents of Nyaung Maung village to safety in internally displaced persons camps in his town. http://bit.ly/2izBO63