CNI News
17 Mar 2023
Brig-Gen Say Sai Tun of the Shanni National Army has warned the Shanni people against attempts to cause disintegration and demise of them.
He made the comment in his speech on Shanni National Day ceremony held at an area controlled by the SNA on 13th March 2023.
A Shanni National Day ceremony.
He said, "At the same time, I would like to urge all on this occasion not to waste time by reminiscing glories of the past. At present, the Shanni people have come under attack from all sides and encounter hardship. Therefore, it is necessary for the people to be united and I would like to reiterate that the SNA will stand firmly together with the people in defence of them. At a time like this, the Shanni people and the SNA are required to stand back to back in unison. We will have to move forward until our goals have been achieved. We should be aware of the incitement of those who want to create divisions among us."
Amid the Myanmar political crisis, political, military and economic hardship and armed conflicts have erupted in areas resided by Shanni people.
Areas controlled by the SNA.
As Shanni King Tho Han Bwa was assassinated, the Shanni people were not able to build a united force. However, they have been able to establish the Shanni National Army, the commander of SNA Brigade 753 said.
He said, "Leaders have been trying to build unity without success in successive eras. The attempts have resulted in a unified force at the times of us. In retrospect of the past, after the assassination of King Tho Han Bwa, the Shanni people were not able to build a united force. Now, the SNA, a united national force and army, has been established."
The SNA is active in Hkamti, Homalin, Phaung Pyin, Pinlebu, Wuntho and Banmauk townships in Sagaing Region, along the Indo-Myanmar border and in Mohnyin and Mokaung in Kachin State.
The SNA is an ethnic armed organization aiming at the formation of a Shanni State by integrating Homalin District, Mawlike District, Kalay District, Hkamti District, Kathar District and Tamu District in Sagaing Region and Bhamo District, Myitkyina District, Mohnyin District and Mokaung.
