China has asked Myanmar to investigate the recent bombing incident which injured five people in a border village in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, the Chinese foreign affairs ministry said Wednesday.
Hong Lei, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters at a daily press briefing on Wednesday that the Chinese government has demanded that Myanmar carry out a overall investigation on the bombing incident that happened on May 14.
He said the Chinese government demanded the Myanmar side take effective measures to avoid similar incidents and urged the relevant parties to cool down the situation as soon as possible and restore peace and stability along the China-Myanmar border."
"Myanmar's government said they will give the Chinese government a formal reply and China is awaiting it," Hong said.
Two bombs from Myanmar fell in Lincang in the evening of May 14 and injured one Chinese and four Myanmese. Two of the five were seriously injured.
The accident also damaged three cars and four houses, according to the People's Daily.
The Myanmar government earlier denied responsibility and said the bombs were fired from the rebel army.
This is the second time shells from Myanmar resulted in casualties across the border in two months. On March 13, five Chinese people were killed by stray bombs falling into Yunnan during fighting between Myanmar government forces and ethnic rebels.
The Chinese air force has intensified its border patrol. Myanmar later apologized and said it is willing to offer compensation.
China has demanded that Myanmar take greater measures to prevent the battle from spilling over to the Chinese border.
