Sugarcane farmers in Nao Hill Township, northern Shan State, Myanmar, fear the outbreak of fighting in Nau Hill Township, and then the Hsum Hsai District Sugar Mill will be temporarily closed.
People in the Naoqiu area have informed that since the third week of February, tensions have been felt between military units and TNLA and PDF coalition forces in Thonze and Hsum Hsai townships, Naoqiu townships, fears of the outbreak of fighting, and difficulties in transporting sugarcane.
A sugarcane farmer in Nau Qiu said that the military situation has not stabilized, and although some TNLA soldiers have been evacuated, there are still activities in the vicinity of the village, and they have set up checkpoints to wait, and there are 3 4 checkpoints to transport sugarcane to the sugar mill. And the checkpoints of the military units are also strictly inspected. All the people accompanying the bus need to report and sign before they are allowed to leave.
In the townships of Thoneze and Hsum Hsai in Naoqiu Township, in addition to TNLA and PDF coalition activities, the Denu Liberation Front (DPLF) is also active.
Another Naoqiu sugarcane farmer said that if a war breaks out, the line to transport sugarcane will definitely be closed, and the sugarcane trucks will not be able to go, because they are afraid of the outbreak of war, and now everyone is competing to cut the sugarcane, and the sugarcane trucks are lining up in the sugar mill, and then saying that the sugarcane from Hsum Hsai needs to be transported to Yin's side.
In addition, because of the mines in the sugarcane fields and the unfinished artillery shells left over from the war, the sugarcane cutters were very worried and afraid.
Another Naoqiu sugarcane farmer said that the Hsum Hsai sugar mill was to be closed on February 25, but the sugarcane farmer did not close it after the sugarcane farmer appealed, and later said that it would be closed on March 5, but the sugarcane farmer did not close after requesting the sugar mill, but now it is said that from the 15th, the Hsum Hsai No. 1 sugar mill will be temporarily closed, and the sugarcane needs to be sent to the new sugar mill No. 3 in Incro.
On February 25, in the sugarcane field of Kyaukmei Town, four workers who were loading sugarcane were blown up when they touched a shell that had not yet been **, killing one person and seriously injuring three others.