Thailand accused of attack

Thailand accused of attack

YANGON (Agencies): Myanmar on Wednesday accused Thai soldiers of joining ethnic rebels in attacking a Myanmar army border outpost this week, and denied reports that drugs were found at there.

Thailand said on Wednesday it had seized 6.15 million stimulant pills after a brief skirmish with ethnic minority gunmen in a northwestern town on the border with Myanmar.

The developments further sour relations between the two neighbors who have been at loggerheads since their armies fought a skirmish in February in the worst border clash in decades.

Since then both sides have been locked in a war or words. The latest accusations were made by Lt. Col. San Pwint, a military intelligence officer, who called a news conference to counter Thai reports about the attack Sunday on the Pakhee outpost in eastern Myanmar.

Pakhee is located 300 meters from the border, opposite Fang district in northern Thailand. It about 480 kilometers northeast of Yangon.