23 June
45 members of the KKO (Break-away) group returned to the legal fold bringing their arms and ammunition at a Tatmadaw column on 22 June morning.
Led by Maung Myint, the 45-member troop of KKO (Breakaway) contacted the Tatmadaw column through Mizine Mountain Sayadaw Bhaddanta Sandarvara on 21 June while the Tatmadaw troops were conducting secu-rity operations in the mountain following one engagement with the group and two landmines attacks, according to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.
Officials concerned has provided necessary aids to them.
The engagement hap-pened while the Tatmadaw troops were conducting dem-ining in the Mt. Mizine after a villager identified as Saw Nya Min from Tokekyi Village, Mizine Village-tract, Hpa-an Township, stepped on an improvised explosive device planted by KKO (Breakaway) on 18 June on his way to collect jengkol fruits.—MNA (Translated by Alphonsus)
