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NEWS- More Armed Group Members Surr
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.