Western Command Commander visits Maungdaw

By Kaladan News

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Western Command Commander, Brigadiers Gen Soe Thein accompanied by State Prime Minister U Hla Haung Tin arrived at Maungdaw from Akyab (Sittwe) on December 29, evening, said a close Nasaka aide on condition of anonymity.

“The commander accompanied by Arakan State Prime Minister U Hla Maung Tin, Tactical operational Commander (TOC) of Buthidaung, Nasaka director Lt Col Aung Gyi, Nasaka Headquarters, Gyigan Pyin (Kawar Bill) of Maungdaw Township and other army officers went to the Nasaka area No.1 Amtola camp, which is the northern side of Maungdaw Township and the border of Bangladesh at about 7:00am on December30. The Commander held a meeting there inviting other army officers. But, it did not expose to public why they held the meeting.”

They went to Kamong Seik Nasaka camp at about 6:00pm and also held a meeting among the army officers and stayed at night there.

The Commander and officials went to Maungdaw, but on the way, they held meetings in the Nasaka camps with concerned army officers in the morning on December 31. In the evening, they returned to Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State.

According to a Nasaka aide, they discussed about the iron barbed wire fence built along the Burma-Bangladesh and a new bridge to be constructed across the Fokira Bazar River of Maungdaw Township. They surveyed the Naff River side and eastern side( Mountain side) where motor road cross the ways..

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