More Anti-Govt Armed Group Members Surrender in MyanmarA total of 55 members from five anti-government armed groups in Myanmar laid down their arms to the government forces in June, official newspaper The New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday.These members of the Shan-State United Revolutionary Army (SURA), Shan State Army (SSA), Chin National Army (CNA), All Burma Students' Democratic Front (ABSDF) and Kayin National Union (KNU) "exchanged arms for peace" in northern, northeastern, northwestern, eastern and triangle region command areas in the month. They brought along with them a total of 1,234 rounds of ammunition, the report said. The SURA, SSA, CNA, and KNU are anti-government Shan, Chin and Kayin ethnic armed groups respectively operating in the country's Shan, Chin and Kayin states, while the ABSDF is a similar students organization operating in the Myanmar-Thai border areas. In May, a total of 23 other members from the SURA, CNA, KNU and ABSDF surrendered to the government troops, bringing with them altogether 184 rounds of ammunition, according to an earlier official report. Up to now, 17 anti-government ethnic armed groups as well as the Mong Tai Army, led by former drug warlord Khun Sa, have made peace with the government with cease-fire agreements reached between them. |
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