KAREN STATE- It is reported that the tactical commander of Cobra Column has awarded 100,000 Thai baht to a military council soldier who entered the legal fold with an advanced sniper rifle in Dupalaya District, KNU Brigade 6.
On September 8, a junta soldier from light infantry battalion 9 under the 44th Division of the military council entered the legal fold with a 338 sniper rifle and fifty 338 bullets to the Cobra column.
The Cobra Column based in the Southern Military Region, KNU Brigade 6 area and the Revolutionary Joint Forces have fought against the military council Division 44 at least 10 times in the vicinity of Lakhat Mountain near Myawaddy City last August.
Additionally, a military council lieutenant and a private entered the legal fold to KNLA Brigade 6 with weapons and ammunition in August.