Junta Troops Massing to Reclaim Myanmar’s China-Backed Pipelines

Myanmar regime reinforcements are massing in Taungtha Township in Mandalay Region’s Myingyan District in a bid to reclaim China-backed oil and gas pipelines captured by resistance forces.

Around 150 junta troops who arrived in Taungtha town on May 29 are deployed in three villages near the pipelines, according to resistance sources.

On Saturday, their ranks were swelled by around 60 troops from a steel plant in neighboring Myingyan town, according to a Taungtha Township People’s Defense Team (PDT) member.