Seven vessels reached the Kachin town with reinforcements and supplies after resistance attacks sank, destroyed or damaged much of the regime flotilla.
Missing out on China trade through Kachin, the regime sets up its own customs point halfway there, while Beijing’s embassy continues its PR drive in Yangon.
Justice for Myanmar highlights what it calls Hanoi’s complicity in the military regime’s crimes against humanity, not least through jointly owned telecom operator Mytel.
Cash-strapped regime says employment agencies also face punishment if their workers based overseas fail to remit 25 percent of wages via official banking system.