Clashes not affecting pipeline project: Chinese official

12 March 2012

(Mizzima) – Sporadic fighting between the Burmese government and 

armed ethnic groups has not affected the construction of the China-Burma 

oil and gas pipelines, according to a top Chinese official. Meng Sutie, 

the director of the Yunnan public security bureau, told the state-run  

China Daily newspaper that since last year repeated clashes have been 

reported between Burmese troops and the Kachin Independence 

Organization in northern Kachin State, where the oil and gas pipelines 

pass through.

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