CNI News
19 Sept 2022
The Pa-O National Federal Council has called for action against members of the Pa-O National Organizations/Pa-O National Army who abducted and killed five soldiers from the Pa-O National Liberation Organization/Pa-O National Liberation Army.
In a statement issued on 15th September, the PNLO/PNLA accused the PNO/PNA of abduction and murder of its five troops in Warpyone Village, Pinmon Village-tract in Pinlaung Township, Pa-O Self-Administered Zone in Shan State (South) without any reason.
The PNFC also issued a statement, saying “To ensure justice for the victims, the central committee of the PNLO/PNLA is urged to ensure responsibility and accountability and take action against those who committed the killing.”
U Khin Myint Tun attends a conference of EAOs in Maijaryan in 2016.
The PNFC called on the PNO/PNA not to repeat the heinous act that violated international ethics, set bad examples in the history of the Pa-O people and hurt the interests of the Pa-O people under the false pretenses of regional security.
The PFNO called on all stakeholders in the Pa-O area to prevent conflicts between the Pa-O people and other ethnic groups, territorial disputes under the false pretenses of security and racial conflicts among ethnic groups.
The PNO/PNA was accused of killing Khun Tun Oo (deputy platoon commander), Khun Shein (deputy squad commander) and three privates including Khum Than Pe, Khun Kyal Sin and Khun Ye Naung without any grudge, according to the statement issued by the PNLO/PNLA.
Current PNLO Chairman Khun Thurein and U Khun Myint Tun.
The PNLO/PNLA is a signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement and active in Hsehsai, Hopong, Mawkmai in Shan State (South).
The PNO/PNA is an ethnic armed group that signed a peace agreement with the Tatmadaw in 1991. The Tatmadaw allowed the group to establish a self-administered area called Special Region–6.
In 2010, the group changed its name to the PNO/PNA and registered a political party called the PNO with the Union Election Commission.
The PNFC is a civil society organization chaired by U Khun Myint Tun, a former chairman of the PNLO/PNLA.
