The 30-truck convoy carrying about 400 reinforcements was ambushed near Man Bang town, southeast of Lashio, by the Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army and its allies.
Cooking-oil wholesalers arrested for selling subsidized supplies of the staple above the price set by the junta; economist warns that the junta's economic policies are backfiring.
The town, an hour's drive from the junta's Central Command in Mandalay city, is largely deserted as remaining residents report that the fighting is growing nearer.
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