Mon head back as fighting dies downMyanmar troops leave Ban Bo Yipun, a Mon-held area located two kilometres from Three Pagodas Pass in Kanchanaburi's Sangkha Buri district, on Tuesday. (Photo by Piyarach Chongcharoen)KANCHANABURI: More than 1,000 Mon villagers are set to return to Myanmar after fighting between Mon rebels and the Nay Pyi Taw-backed Border Guard Force (BGF) eased off. A source close to the situation said yesterday that Myanmar forces agreed to withdraw from Ban Bo Yipu after leaders of the two sides met on Monday night at Payatongsu in Myanmar. The Myanmar-BGF force was earlier accused of breaking the National Ceasefire Agreement by entering the Mon-held area without prior notice. The situation is now easing, with border trade beginning to return to normal, the source said.

Source: Bangkok Post December 03, 2019 12:33 UTC