veronica ped rosa pedrosa reports. >> either trapped between fighting an ethnic rebel army and the myanmarleeing for their lives. now that martial law has been declared ending what they see as a threat to national sovereignty. >> we saw two helicopters and airplanes shooting. it was really loud. we ran away. we were so afraid. >> reporter: the new battle between the ethnic myanmar national democratic alliance army and the tapmar as the myanmar army is known is june with us of many between the central government and ethnic minorities. the military dominated government in napador the reality on the ground does not match the peace rhetoric. >> we have a ceasefire with the government through january 28th but this has been violated by the burmese army about 400 400 times. in 2014 alone to november there has been 102 incidents. >> what can this mean for other areas? >> it can happen in any ethnic area given the fact the tamador has indicated their presence anywhere. >> the prolonged fighting between the ethnic minority armies and the government have meant that hundreds of thousands of people hav