I rode a bike across the border at Mengla and no one checked me.

"Every truck and car gets checked even if the license plate is issued by Mongla, " he said.

In previous year, Sai Leun, Chairman of the group himself had participated, but he was not seen in this year's event, participants said.

The two have ordered the troops that every base must keep its eyes on every movement of the Wa and Mongla and to report all their activities.

The UWSA and its allies, the Mong-La army and National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA), and a non-ceasefire group, the Shan State Army (South), are mobilizing in the region.