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NE rebels pay protection money to Myanmar army
Seven Sisters Post | Pankaj Borthakur, Guwahati (May 30):
Radio intercepts by an Intelligence agency have revealed that Northeast rebel groups regularly pay security forces in Myanmar with cash or kind as some sort of protection money. In return the neighbouring country’s army stays away from the rebel bases.
Highly-placed Intelligence sources told Seven Sisters Post — which is in possession of transcripts of the radio intercepts — that the presence of Northeast rebels has been a source of financial largesse for different sections of the Myanmar government including the civilian populace. The sources also pointed out that the financial benefit was one of the reasons for Myanmarese army’s reluctance to initiate sustained action against camps of Northeast militants.
“The rebels and the officials are in need of each other. Militants need to retain their bases in Myanmar and the officials would never want to lose such a lucrative source of income,” a highly-placed official said.
Not surprisingly, another intercept of a conversation between a high-ranking Myanmarese army official posted at Chikka and a senior cadre of PLA exposed the commitment given to the rebels that they would be informed beforehand if the Indian army were to attack their camps.
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