កងទ័ព ការែន ចែកជា ០៥ គឺ
- កងទ័ពគ្រឹស្ត KNU/KNLA Peace Council មានទ័ពប្រមាណ ២០០ នាក់
- កងទ័ពពុទ្ធសាសនា Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) មានទ័ពប្រមាណ ៥,០០០ នាក់
- កងទ័ព Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) មានទ័ពប្រមាណ ១៥,០០០ នាក់
- Karen National Union (KNU) មានទ័ពច្រើនជាង ៥,០០០ នាក់
- Karenni National People's Liberation Front (KNPLF )មានទ័ព ៤,០០០ នាក់
- Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) Or I(KNPP) កម្លាំងទ័ព ៧០០- ១,០០០ នាក់
កងទ័ព ប្រមាណ ១, ០០០ នាក់ KNPP Karen National Progressive Party (KNPP) មានប្រវត្តិ
- ឆ្នាំ ១៩៥៧ ការបង្កើតកងទ័ព KNPP
- ឆ្នាំ ១៩៩៥ កិច្ចកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងបទឈប់បាញ់ តែ ៣ ខែក្រោយ លុបចោលទៅវិញ
- ឆ្នាំ ២០១២ កិច្ចកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងបទឈប់បាញ់
Four soldiers belonging to the armed wing of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) were allegedly executed at a Myanmar Army base in Loikaw Township on Dec. 20 after being detained during an army raid on their camp, according to a leader of the ethnic party.
“They were detained first, then executed,” said Khu Daniel, a central committee member of the KNPP, adding that a civilian who was seized along with the soldiers was also missing.
A local newspaper reported that the army had confirmed the deaths, although the Tatmadaw claimed the fatalities occurred during a gunfight.
Khu Daniel said the four soldiers had been manning a checkpoint in the Shadaw area on Dec. 19, when at about 5 p.m. they stopped a convoy of 10 Myanmar Army vehicles on its way back from transporting rations to their battalion. The Karenni Army soldiers found illegal timber hidden in the vehicles, but they did not make an issue of the illicit cargo and let the convoy pass.
At 9 p.m. that evening, Myanmar Army troops from the Regional Operations Command based in Loikaw raided the KNPP base, Khu Daniel said.
“When they raided our base, our troops did not fire at them. They did not do anything,” he said.
The Kantarawaddy Times, a Loikaw-based newspaper, reported on its website that a KNPP delegation had visited the army base were the executions were alleged to have taken place, but did not see any signs of fighting.
Residents in the neighborhood told the newspaper that they also did not hear any gunfire on the night of Dec. 19, before the soldiers were reportedly killed at 8 a.m. on the following day.
However, according to the newspaper, the Regional Operation Command told the KNPP delegation that the four soldiers were killed during a gunfight at the Loikaw base, and that the army had cremated their remains. It said the commander handed over four small bottles containing the ashes of the dead solders.
“The Tatmadaw, the chief minister, and the KNPP are still holding negotiations over the case,” Col Myint Wai from the Myanmar Army and Border Affairs Ministry in Karenni State was quoted as saying by the Kantarawaddy Times. He added that troop movements on the ground in the state were normal.
When asked how the KNPP would respond to the alleged killings, Khu Daniel said the incident would become a political issue, adding that his party’s leaders needed to discuss what to do next.
The KNPP signed a ceasefire agreement with the Myanmar government and the military in March 2012, but they have not yet inked the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA). The KNPP is a member of the United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC) and is involved in negotiations to sign the NCA.
“Everyone feels sad about this. It should not happen like this. If they were killed while fighting on the battlefield, let’s say that is okay. But it was not fair to arrest them and then kill them,” Khu Daniel said.
Maj-Gen Aye Lwin, deputy director of the Psychological Warfare and Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Defense, told The Irrawaddy he had not received any information from senior army officers about the alleged killings and had no comment to make about them.
The government has not replied yet on the demand of the KNPP (Karenni National Progressive Party) for moving the government’s (no. 14) military training school in Hpruso Township in Kayah to other place, according to KNPP’s vice president, Khu Oo Reh.
“This land is confiscated land by the government. The government said that this land is vacant land. Therefore there is no more land for villagers to do growing. That is why we have to demand to the government moving out from this land. But the government gave a reason that they have already built their building and it used a lot of budget that was not possible to remove,” he said.
Therefore the KNPP gave a suggestion again to change this building for the mass benefit (profession school) or other educated school. But the government has not given any response yet.
The government confiscated a lot of land acres to build this military training school. The people did a referendum, prayer and demonstration in order to oppose in building of the military training school.
“This military training school is located in the middle of people’s growing area. It becomes to give back compensation to the land owner when the people knew significantly about the government used their power that is not unfair. Therefore the government gave compensation (50,000 kyats) for one acre. The people didn’t agree with that amount money,” Khu Oo Reh said.
However the authorities in these areas tried to pay the compensation, but it was very few of money if calculation with current price.
The government confiscated the land areas more than they need for building the military training school that was not unfairly, he said.
The government peace making group and the KNPP have already met officially at union level (2 times), state level (1 time) and off the record meeting (3 times).
There were three times the KNPP presented about the issue of military training school in every meeting with the government but until now the responding from the government has not come yet.
Finally, in the meeting of 2nd union level on 19th and 20th of June, they still have not got agreement for resettlement of troops and military affair.
The KNPP signed ceasefire agreement with the government on 7th of March, 2012. However they got totally over 20 points of agreement but there have no for resettlement of troops until now.
The Karenni National Progressive Party opened keep to ceasefire agreement with the government by opening its second and third liaison offices last week.
Khu Denia from the KNPP confirmed to Karen News.
“We agreed to open three liaison offices – this we have done. We have opened liaison offices in Loi Kaw, Hpasawng and the Shadaw area. We will work together with the government through these liaison offices to carry out the agreed to peace initiatives.”
The KNPP has opened a total of three liaison offices – First one in Loi Kaw on July 25, second was in Hpasawng on July 27 and third one in Shadaw on July 31.
Khu Denia said.
“We will work together with government to monitor the troop movements of both sides and will look at doing a ‘civilian centre development project’.”
The KNPP and government representatives reached a union level ceasefire agreement on June 9 – the opening of the three Liaison Offices was included in the 14 points agreed to at the peace-talks.
The KNPP was established in 1955 and currently has around 1,000 soldiers. In 1995, the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) signed a ceasefire agreement with the former military dictatorship’s State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), but the ceasefire agreement was broken within three months.
Burma Army troops based in Karenni State’s Shadaw Township undertook a search for a forest camp belonging to the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) last week, a KNPP officer in the township told Kantarwaddy Times.
A group of 20 soldiers led by the deputy commander of the Tatmadaw’s Infantry Battalion (IB) 72 was seen looking for the KNPP property with the assistance of a local who was familiar with the area’s geography. The local was forced by the army to assist with the task, and has since been able to return home, according to the KNPP.
Burma Army troops were reportedly patrolling the area to shut down alleged timber production operations in the KNPP area. However, Taw Reh, an officer in the KNPP’s liaison office in Shadaw town, said that there is no such illegal timber production in the area. He added that the KNPP has allowed local people only to cut down a limited number of trees in order to construct their homes.
“The Burma Army’s troops called up a civilian [to guide them]. The army said that they would go to arrest illegal timber [harvesters]. We don’t produce timber. We have only allowed villagers to cut down trees to build their houses,” Taw Reh told Kantarawaddy Times.
According to Taw Reh, the Burma Army’s troops tried to search out KNPP camps south of Perlo village, where KNPP troops once were active.
On January 22, a KNPP officer said that an officer within Burma’s military intelligence contacted KNPP’s liaison office in the Karenni State capital of Loikaw by phone and informed members of the organization not to carry arms when they hunt in the jungle.
KNPP officer Hpoe Reh said that the request was insulting.
“We are living in jungle. Why would they tell us not to bear arms when we are hunting in the jungle? It is disrespectful to us,” Hpoe Reh told Kantarwaddy Times.
The KNPP has already signed a state-level bilateral ceasefire agreement with the Burmese government. They are participating in negotiations around a possible future signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA).
Karenni State Has Yet to Experience Genuine Peace, KNPLF SaysOn its recent 42nd anniversary commemoration, the Karenni Nationalities People’s Liberation Front (KNPLF) said that ceasefires have not brought peace to Karenni State.
“We have to look at the 2008 Constitution when we talk about peace in our Karenni State. Our people want peace. Fighting between brothers means no peace,” Markuei Chit Tun, secretary of the KNPLF, told Kantaraaddy.
He said that that after multiple Karenni armed organizations, including the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) signed bilateral ceasefire agreements with the government, “people felt that they would get peace in our state.”For us, we feel that our Karenni State has yet to get genuine peace,” Markuei Chit Tun said.
The KNPLF held its 42ndanniversary commemoration in Pareh Doh village in Kaykaw village tract in Hpruso Township. Representatives from the KNPP and the Karenni National Peace and Development Party, as well as locals, attended the event.The KNPLF split from the KNPP in 2009 and become a military-allied border guard force (BGF).
Markuei Chit Tun said that his organization now has a “good relationship” with other armed groups in Karenni State, including the KNPP, and that they consider themselves pro-democracy.
“In the past, we had clashes in this area. Now we don’t have any clashes in this area. We are practicing peace and democratic principles. We are working together with the people,” Rabee, the deputy administrative leader of the Payae area, told Kantarawaddy Times.
The KNPLF has said that it would join a federal army in a future federal democratic Union in Burma.
The KNPLF was formed in 1978, and signed a ceasefire with the government in 1994, before becoming a BGF 15 years later. KNPLF soldiers are active in eight townships as a BGF.
KNPP opposes Military’s State of Emergency, urges dialogue The Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), an armed ethnic group, protested yesterday against the Military's interpretation of constitutional provisions that saw them impose a State of Emergency.
The Military imposed a State of Emergency on February 1 claiming there had been fraud and discrepancies in the November election won by the National League for Democracy.
The KNPP party said they firmly believe that the current crisis, based on the results of the last election, can be resolved peacefully through dialogue between the current government and the Military.
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