Karen Armed Group Leader Condemned for Backing Talks With Junta
Karen Armed Group Leader Condemned for Backing Talks With Junta
Myanmar Army Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets Karen National Union Chairman Saw Mutu Sae Poe on Oct. 29, 2019 at the military compound in Naypyitaw. / Thoolei News / Facebook
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By The Irrawaddy 11 May 2021
A public statement by General Saw Mutu Sae Poe, chairman of the Karen National Union, issued on Monday in which he urged stakeholders to follow the negotiation channel to solve Myanmar’s political problems prompted huge criticism in Myanmar, including from the Karen community.
The statement came after the military launched air strikes on civilians from late March to early May in retaliation for attacks on military outposts by Brigade Five of the KNU’s armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army.
BANGKOK (AP) – Guerrilla soldiers from Myanmar’s Karen ethnic minority burned down a government military outpost late Friday after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen officer said. The position is approximately 15 kilometres from a larger camp that the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) stormed and burned 10 days […]
Mu Traw District Short Update: Skirmishes, indiscriminate shelling by the Tatmadaw and landmine contamination in Dwe Lo and Bu Tho townships, March and April 2021
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This Short Update describes events that occurred in Dwe Lo and Bu Tho townships, Mu Traw District from March 28th to April 5th 2021. The Tatmadaw indiscriminately fired mortar shells at several localities, resulting in displacement and unexploded ordnance contamination. The shelling occurred in a context of renewed fighting between the Tatmadaw and the KNLA following the February 2021 military coup. Local civilians are now afraid for their security. New landmines were also planted in certain areas and now pose a security threat to local communities. On April 5th 2021, a civilian sustained injuries after stepping on a landmine in Na Koo Hkee village tract, Dwe Lo Township.
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May 07, 2021 - 4:37 AM
BANGKOK - Guerrilla soldiers from Myanmarâs Karen ethnic minority burned down a government military outpost on Friday after capturing it without a fight when its garrison fled, a senior Karen officer said.
The position is approximately 15 kilometres (nine miles) from a larger camp that the Karen National Liberation Army stormed and burned 10 days earlier. The KNLA is the armed wing of the Karen National Union, the main political organization representing the Karen minority, whose homeland is in eastern Myanmar.
The Karen and the Kachin in northern Myanmar are the two major ethnic armed organizations that have allied themselves with the movement against the junta that took power in Myanmar after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February.