Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A bomb explosion at a telephone exchange in Mudon in Mon State has killed one police officer and injured one person, leading authorities to tighten security along the Mudon-Thanbyuzayat Highway with searches of vehicles and passengers.
The explosion took place at about 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 14.
There are two checkpoints on the 22-mile long highway between the two towns manned by a combined force of army, police and officers from the immigration and customs departments.
‘Three or four soldiers are deployed along the highway about a mile apart from Mudon to Thanbyuzayat’, a resident from Thabyuzayat who just arrived back from Mawlamyine told Mizzima.
This was the first bomb explosion in Mon State since the new government has been installed.
A similar bombing took place at the same telephone exchange in July 2008. Residents from nearby Cyonephait, Wette and Nyaunggone villages were questioned. No one has been arrested in either bombing incident.
