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NCUB PRESS RELEASE NO [3]



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	THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE UNION OF BURMA (NCUB)
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			PRESS RELEASE NO (3) 
	ON EMERGENCY SITUATION OF THE KAREN REFUGEE

   Clarification on Information Currently Circulating on Radio, wire services and TV
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1. The NCUB would like to make it clear that the Karen National Union (KNU) chairman General Saw Bo Mya has been taking a leading role in the affairs of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), and members of all Alliance troops in launching a resistanc
e war against the SLORC.  General Bo Mya has not been receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Bangkok as described in media recently.

2. The fact which recently appeared in the media saying that there is now a conflict and disunity among the KNU leadership is totally groundless and is merely a psychological attack against the KNU by the SLORC.

3. Kawkareik's KNU township Chairman, Saw Mahn Tin Lay, was abducted by the SLORC and did not voluntarily join the SLORC or Democratic Kayin Buddhist Army (DKBA).

4. We confirm that KNLA Battalion No.16 commander and 30 KNLA soldiers surrendered to the SLORC.  However, final reports state that some of them were forced to surrender and have managed to escape by fleeing back to KNLA troops. 

5. We also would like to clarify that news release by Thai TV Channel 7, stating that Brigadier General Mu Tu surrendered to the SLORC is false news and he is continuing to actively resist against the brutal offensive launched by the military junta. 

6. The National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB) would like to encourage the international community to consider the fact that there are a lot of rumors and propaganda ploys currently being created and disseminated by SLORC and other individuals with 
the intention to disregard the struggle for peace, democracy and a Federal Union.

7. NCUB would like to recommend that journalists contact Pado Mahn Shar (KNU), Khun Teddy Buri (NCGUB), Aung Saw Oo (NLD-LA), and/or U Tin Maung Win (DAB), in order to check details or to obtain accurate information  regarding the situation, before dissem
inating further news, in order to avoid factual errors.

Information Committee
National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB)    		Date: February 21, 1997