Exclusive: Myanmar Red Cross, junta officials had notice of Chinese relief team’s presence in Myanmar before aid convoy attack

Myanmar army fired warning shots in Chinese Red Cross incident: junta

Myanmar (AFP) April 2, 2025 Myanmar's junta said Wednesday its troops had fired warning shots when a Chinese Red Cross convoy failed to stop while approaching a conflict area to deliver aid to earthquake victims. The group of nine vehicles was approaching Ommati village in northern Shan State on Tuesday night, and failed to stop when signalled by soldiers, junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun said. "From a distance of aroun

Exclusive: Myanmar Red Cross, junta officials had notice of Chinese relief team’s presence in Myanmar before aid convoy attack

A letter obtained exclusively by Myanmar Now reveals that the Red Cross Society of China gave advance notice of its plans to deliver aid in Myanmar, but had not received junta officials’ clearance before soldiers attacked their relief convoy in northern Shan State.  The document, dated April 1, was a letter from Thwin Htet Lin, …