Government troops in Laos have been

Government troops in Laos have been ordered to shoot to kill ethnic Hmong insurgents in the country's northern jungle regions, with cash rewards offered for every "enemy" killed, RFA's Lao service reports.

A military official in the northern province of Luangprabang said the orders had now become an "open secret" in Laos. The orders apply to the region extending from lower Luangprabang to Xiengkkhouang and the northern part of Vientiane province, where the government hopes systematically to break up Hmong opposition groups by force.

For the past year, those who kill a Hmong fighter have been promised automatic grass-roots Communist Party membership and a one-step promotion, together with a reward of six million kip (U.S. $600) per head, said the military official, who requested anonymity. A spokesman for the Laos Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vientiane dismissed the report.

This is sheer fabrication, spread around overseas without any knowledge of real facts.

"This is sheer fabrication, spread around overseas without any knowledge of real facts," Yong Chanthalangsy told RFA. "The fact is there's no truth to it."

The military official added that "opposition" includes not only unidentified armed groups, but also "bad elements" or highwaymen, as well as Hmong villagers in hiding in the jungles.

The past two years have seen a number of ambushes against trucks and cars belonging to gold mining companies in the area.

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在老挝政府军已下令开枪击毙该国北部丛林地区苗族起义，与现金奖励每一个“敌人”被提出，RFA的老服务报告。

军事官员在北部琅勃拉邦说命令已经成为一个“公开的秘密”在老挝。命令适用于从低到xiengkkhouang琅勃拉邦地区和万象省的北部延伸，政府希望在这里系统地打破了苗族的反对派的力量。

在过去的一年里，那些杀一个苗族战士已答应基层党员自动一步推广，连同奖励六百万基普（约合600美元）每头，军方官员说，谁不愿透露姓名的。老挝外交部发言人在万象驳回了该报告，这是纯粹的捏造，在海外传播，没有任何实际的事实，“永chanthalangsy告诉RFA。”事实是没有道理。”

军方官员说，“反对派”不仅包括身份不明的武装集团，也是“坏分子”或拦路抢劫的强盗，以及苗族村民躲藏在丛林中。

过去两年大量针对卡车和属于在该地区的金矿开采公司汽车伏击。