RESIDENTS FLEE TO BORDER

MOST of the population of a Myanmar town near the Indian border have fled after buildings were set ablaze by artillery amid fighting between militia forces opposed to military rule and the army, residents say. About 10 000 people normally live in Thantlang in Chin State, but most had left to seek shelter. In India’s neighbouring state of Mizoram, 5 500 people from Myanmar had arrived in two districts over the past week. Myanmar has been in turmoil since a government led by Aung San Suu Kyi was toppled. |