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Muse, a junta-controlled township on the Chinese border, has seen another armed robbery amid escalating crimes, as a group of armed men robbed a woman pedestrian on Swam Saw street in Shwe Thamin Kyatthit ward, according to the residents.

Some of the young migrant women stranded in junta-controlled Muse Township, northern Shan State, who sought job opportunities to work in China, are being coerced into sex work in brothels operated by the militia groups, according to the residents and well-informed sources.

A police officer stationed at Sin Phyu Gate, a border crossing in junta-controlled Muse Township, northern Shan State, was robbed of his electronic motorbike, two mobile phones, and a wallet, according to the residents.