Mai Pang Pyaw, May 15, Panghsang
The United Wa State Army (UWSA) executed a soldier from its supply and transport corps in Panghsang, northern Shan State, while another soldier from the same corps also received a long prison sentence for stealing the weapons and selling them at the other ethnic armed groups, according to the residents.
The public conviction was held in Panghsang, the headquarters city of the UWSA, in front of the onlookers at around 8 am on Wednesday, a woman who witnessed the event told Shwe Phee Myay.
“The execution took place around 8 am this morning,” she said. “Two supply soldiers were involved. One, who stole the weapon himself, was executed. The accomplice was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Many residents, as well as the students, attended and witnessed the public conviction in Panghsang.”
Rumors suggest the two soldiers stole weapons from a UWSA supply corps office and allegedly sold them to the Ta’ang National Liberation Army.
However, the UWSA has yet to state which ethnic armed groups received the stolen weapons.
Translated by #KLT
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