Members of the police force of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army ride on a motorcycle in northern Shan State’s Lashio town on August 10. (AFP)

Beijing says MNDAA leader in China for ‘medical care’

Beijing said yesterday that the head of a Myanmar ethnic armed group had come to China for "medical care", after news reports in its war-torn neighbour said he had been arrested on China's orders.

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