The government has told Beijing’s ambassador in Yangon that the Myanmar army was not responsible for bombs alleged to have fallen on Chinese territory last week.
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said that shells said to have landed in Yunnan province on May 14 were fired from a hill occupied by the MNDAA, or Kokang rebel army.
He explained the incident to Yang Houlan, the Chinese ambassador, using a map showing military positions in the northern conflict area, state-run newspaper the Global New Light of Myanmar reported.
Both men agreed the alleged shelling – the third reported in recent months – should be investigated.
Bombs from Myanmar have been said to have fallen over the border at least three times during the war in the Kokang region, which erupted in February.
In early April, Myanmar was forced to apologise over a bombing on March 13 that killed five Chinese citizens and injured eight others.
The same month, media reports quoted China’s foreign ministry spokesman citing more bombs that had fallen without causing injury.
Photo: Global New Light of Myanmar
