China has suggested to Myanmar’s parallel government of national unity (NUG) that its resistance movement not harm Chinese investment in the Southeast Asian nation, NUG Defense Minister U Yee Mon told The Irrawaddy.

The Chinese embassy in Yangon contacted the NUG following a resistance group’s attack on the high-voltage towers forcing the Chinese-backed Tagaung Taung nickel processing plant in Sagaing Tigyaing on Jan. 7.

The Tigyaing County People’s Defence Forces (PDF) blew up 3 pylons, forcing the factory to prevent production.

With an investment of $800 million and an annual production of 85,000 tons of ferronickel, the allocation is the largest nickel production in Myanmar. .

U Yee Mon said, “We don’t have to attack the investments of neighboring countries. “

NUG’s defense minister said that in the case of the Tagaung Taung nickel mining project, the resistance organization carried out the attack on its own initiative because, in some cases, junta troops use corporate factories in neighboring countries as bases to engage in violence against civilians.

U Yee Mon is confident in the Chinese project that the NUG will ensure that similar incidents are not repeated in the future, but also under pressure that foreign corporations distance themselves from the military regime.

The military regime has ensured the security of Chinese investments in Myanmar at Beijing’s request. It laid landmines near the center of the pipeline and Chinese-backed fuel on the border of Hsipaw and Kyaukme townships in northern Shan state to deter attacks by resistance groups. .

Pipelines connect Kyaukphyu of Rakhine with China’s Yunnan Province, passing through the Magwe and Mandalay regions and Shan State.

Anti-China sentiment rose in Myanmar after the February military coup, with many believing Beijing played a role in the seizure of power. Along with calls to boycott Chinese goods, there have been calls to blow up pipelines if China refuses to condemn the regime.

China then suggested the regime tighten pipeline security, according to documents leaked on social media in March last year.