20 October

In  the  morning  of  18  October,  Tatmadaw  Command-er-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla and party paid homage to the  Thatta  Thattaha  Maha  Bohdi Pagoda under construction in the Buddha Garden com-pound  near Pan Kwe Village, 15 miles southeast of Kengtung in Shan State (East).

First,  the  Senior  General  and party inspected the sculpting  of  Buddha  images  in  the  Buddha  Garden  compound  and the view point and also inspected the construction of the Thatta  Thattaha  Maha  Bohdi  Pagoda and the planted flowers.

They then paid homage to the Abaya Raza Muni Buddha image and offered flowers and water.  The  108  ft.  high  Thatta  Thattaha Maha Bohdi Pagoda is  built  exactly  like  the  Maha  Bohdi  Pagoda  in  Gaya,  India  and  is  being  constructed  with  donations made by Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, Air Force) families and donors.

Yesterday morning the Tatmadaw  Commander-in-Chief  and  party  released  fishes  into  the  Kyaing  Phaung  Creek  in  Kengtung Towns as good deed according  to  news  released  by  Office  of  the  Command-er-in-Chief  of  Defence  Services. 

MNA(Translated by Zaw Min)