Tak: One thousand Myanmar refugees have voluntarily returned to their home country after clashes between ethnic groups and the Myanmar military eased, Surapol Wongsukphisarn, Tak’s deputy governor, said on Friday.
Mr Surapol led local officials, soldiers, and personnel from non-government organisations yesterday to visit about 9,000 Myanmar refugees and provided them with food and drinking water.
Over 3,700 refugees have now been given temporary shelter in Mae Ramat district, and over 5,000 in Mae Sot district.
Heavy fighting between the alliance of the People’s Defence Force, the Karen National Liberation Army, the Myanmar military and Border Guard forces lasted three days, forcing more than 9,000…
