YANGON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Heavy fighting between Myanmar government forces and the ethnic Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) over the past week has brought about several casualties to the government side with four bodies of the armed group being claimed, Myanmar News Agency reported Wednesday.
The clashes followed the uncovering of a secret training camp of the TNLA, about 2 km northeast of Manlan village, Shan state's Namsang township.
The week-long fightings from June 20 to 26 have forced the TNLA forces to withdraw toward the west and northwest, the Defense Services Office was quoted as saying.
A large number of arms and ammunition were also seized by the military, the report added.
TNLA is one of the non-signatories to the government's Nationwide Cease fire Accord (NCA).
According to the Defense Services Office, TNLA also joined the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), another non-ceasefire signatory, in attacking a military outpost in Kutkai in northern Shan state with artillery rounds on Tuesday, killing two civilians and wounding one other.
