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The displaced Kachin come from four villages in the Mongkoe area of Muse township, Loi Lawm, Ka Li, Loi Hem and Nam Gut. They fled to safety after heavy fighting took place near Loi Hem on Sunday June 16.
Most of the displaced villagers have taken shelter in Win Seng village according to Mang Ying, a volunteer assisting with relief efforts.
A Kachin Baptist Church in nearby Mungbaw Gat Pa is also preparing shelters for more internally displaced people, in anticipation of the fighting spreading, Mang Ying said.
On June 14, government troops allegedly summarily executed Zahkung Lum Awng, a Kachin civilian from Nong Hem village according to a friend of the victim's family. It was reported that before he was killed Zahkung Lum Awng was forced by troops to work as their guide in the area.
Local Kachin villagers in Mongkoe region report that government forces operating in the area consider all civilians as if they are part of the KIA and treat them as the enemy. The area which is under the KIA's fourth brigade is home to KIA battalions 36 and 38. A local unit from the Mungshawa Hpyen Hpung, a Kachin civilian militia affiliated with the KIA also operates in the area.
The latest bout of fighting in northern Shan state comes less than three weeks after both the leadership of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) and government representatives met in the Kachin state capital where they agreed to take steps to reduce tensions.
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