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More Armed Group Members Surrender in Myanmar

               Xinhua
               14-JAN-98

               YANGON (Jan. 15) XINHUA - At
               least 20 more members of various
               anti-government armed groups in
               Myanmar surrendered to the
               government last month, the Mirror
               newspaper reported Thursday. 

               These members, who "exchanged
               arms for peace" in the southern,
               eastern and south-eastern areas in
               December 1997, belonged to the
               Kayin National Union (KNU), All
               Burma Students' Democratic Front
               and some other ethnic armed groups.

               They brought in some arms and
               ammunition, the report said.
               According to a latest official
               disclosure, a total of 15
               anti-government ethnic armed groups
               have made peace with the
               government, leaving only one, the
               KNU, still in insurgency.