Heavy fighting in Myanmar's Myawaddy township forces closure of border checkpoint in Tak province

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YANGON, March 26 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): The Tak Immigration Checkpoint on the Thai-Myanmar border was closed on Saturday following heavy fighting in the neighbouring country.

Authorities in Myawaddy township, opposite Tak’s Mae Sot district, asked their Thai counterparts to temporarily close the border after Karen troops and members of the People's Defence Force (PDF) fighting against Myanmar’s military junta, raided a local government office and killed police officers in the early hours of Saturday.