CNI News

12 August 2022

The Kayan Literature and Culture Central Committee released the statement that the chairman of the Kayan Literature and Culture Central Committee, U Francisco was gunned down by two unknown people today (August 11) morning.

On that incident, the Kayan Literature and Culture Central Committee announced that they could not accept it at all and strongly condemned this kind of act. Locals said that U Francisco was assassinated near his plantation in Naung Lai village, Pekon Township, Southern Shan State.

But, till now, which organization or person did this assassination and the reason behind that is not officially announced yet.

the statement of the Kayan Literature and Culture Central Committee on the assassination of U Francisco

The Kayan Literature and Culture Central Committee said in today (August 11)’s statement that U Francisco not only is a person who actively leaded and participated in Kayan literacy and cultural matters but also is the one who always helped and supported in education, social and religious activities, and Kayan community and other close people know that he is such kind of a person.

Therefore, the committee stated that at the time of political turmoil, the assassination of U Francisco, the chairman of the Kayan Literature and Culture Central Committee, is not the appropriate solution to the problem and this caused too much suffering to many Kayan people.

U Francisco took the role of speaker in the Kayan Literature and Culture Central Committee from 2012 to 2018 and the role of chairman from 2018 to today (until he was assassinated).

In addition, U Francisco participated in the 2010 General Election as a parliamentary candidate representing the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) from Pekon Constituency and was also a member of parliament.

Then, he did not win in the 2015 and 2020 General Elections.