据伊洛瓦底网报道,果缅双方4月8日以来发生激烈交战,但具体的战况战果方面,双方也有天差地别的说法,完全就是火星和地球的距离。
缅甸政府媒体说,4月8日在老街附近的战斗中,缅军有10人死亡,62人受伤。而来自缅甸国防部的消息更夸张,国防部说在坦克和炮兵的帮助下,缅军当日一共夺取了20个前沿据点。
但果敢联军的发言人林先生对缅甸官方的说法给予了否认,他说缅甸官方的这些数据是完全不可信的。
林先生说,缅甸军方的报道总是说他们占领了我们的高地,如果他们真的占领了那么多的据点,那战争应该早就结束了,但现实情况是战争一直在继续。
林先生同时发布了联军方面的数据,他说4月8日当天,缅军至少有300名士兵死伤。
林先生感叹道,阵地附近的缅军尸体实在太多,根本数不过来,其实我们很可怜这些士兵,并不想杀死他们。
据说缅甸政府已经对林先生下达了逮捕令,指控他捏造果敢战事的虚假消息。
林先生对这个逮捕令表示说,我现在好怕怕,但这就是我的工作,我说的都是事实。
Government, Kokang Insurgents Dispute Casualties in Latest Skirmish
RANGOON — State media has reported that another round of skirmishes in Laukkai on Apr. 8 has claimed the lives of 10 Burma Army soldiers and wounded a further 62, figures disputed by Kokang insurgents in the area.
The report, originating from the Ministry of Information, also claimed that the military had seized a total of 20 mountain outposts used as staging areas by Kokang rebels in one day, with tanks and artillery deployed in the battle.
Htun Myat Lin, general-secretary and spokesman for the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), disputed reports of the government’s territorial gains and claimed the ministry had undercounted Burma Army casualties.
“They always report in their media that they have seized our mountain posts,” he said. “If they could seize our posts, there wouldn’t be any more battles. They have been reporting this since we began fighting with them.”
The MNDAA spokesman offered his own casualty figures from the Apr. 8 skirmishes, claiming that around 300 Burma Army soldiers had been killed or wounded.
“We could not count exactly how many of the Tatmadaw’s dead lay on the ground,” he said. “It is sad to see their bodies. We do not want to kill them anymore.”
The Burmese government has issued an arrest warrant for Htun Myat Lin in the meantime, accusing him of fabricating information about the Burma Army soldiers fighting on the frontline around Laukkai.
“I am a bit scared about the arrest warrant,” he said. “But I am working for my people. All my words are tr