CNI News

29 October 2024

The Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA) will be able to wage military operations in upcountry region, announced leader of the BPLA, Maung Saung Kha on his Facebook page on 27th October 2024. 

That day was the first anniversary of Operation-1027; their revolutionary forces progressed a lot under the leadership of the Three Brotherhood Alliance; they would never forget the TBA's gratitude, wrote Maung Saung Kha.

" One thing I want to let the people know is that the BPLA will set foot in the upcountry and carry out military operations. I hope the people in the upcountry will welcome us." he said. However, he did not express exactly which places of the upcountry where the BPLA would wage military operations.

The BPLA has been organizing revolutionary forces for a long time in some townships in Sagaing, Magway and Mandalay Regions and as grouping strength became better, it might inform the people that it would carry out military operations, said those who are close to the BPLA.

While seeing the BPLA

The BPLA was formed with the help and assistance from the Arakan Army (AA) and the Karen National Union (KNU) on 17 April 2021. 

And then, in cooperation with the KNU and the AA, the BPLA took military experiences in the battles where were waged in Karen and Rakhine States as well as in Operation-1027 that was launched by the three northern allies (MNDAA,TNLA,AA) together with them.

The BPLA has currently made allies with the AA, the KNU, the Karenni Army (KA), the MNDAA, the NUG, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), the TNLA, the SAF, and the People's Revolution Union (Magway).

The BPLA bases on the territories controlled by the KNU and the MNDAA and carries out military operations fighting against the Myanmar Tatmadaw.