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Another ceasefire officer nabbed
16 released, 15 still behind bars
2005-02-07 58th Shan National Day.pdf
Exiled Shans demand release of leaders
Joint presentation by ceasefire groups
Freedom of leaders proviso for Convention
Burma reduces value of the Straits
Khin Nyunt still towers in Panghsang
Another Shan MP passes away
Ceasefire leader missing, former base laid waste
Convention rep: No law in Burma
Ceasefire leader takes leave amid crisis
Not a few for engagement at dissident forum
Former minor spooks chased out
Detained Shan leaders' fate still in limbo
From Burma, but not Burman?
Hkun Htun Oo's trial tomorrow
Junta forewarned of bomb attacks
Shan Party seeks release of leaders
Rangoon, Shans: No more Mr Nice Guys
Junta plays good cop-bad cop
Junta seals off Shan casino
Mixed reactions for Independence declaration
Key Shan parties cold-shoulder Shan "government"
Shan 'government'" We're genuine stuff
Gaifah - Veteran survivor
METRIX-1.TTF
Yawdserk misinformed as dead
No pay raise insight
Junta: From forced labor to forced submission
New spy machine starting from scratch
One ceasefire commander has had enough of it
Tightened security cramps border town
Messages for Shan National Day
Pay raise in the wind
More ceasefire groups ordered to hand over arms
Seized cars are Hkun Htun Oo's
No peace since "peace" was achieved: Things have gone for the worse for the local people of Hsenwi in northern Shan State since the Shan State National Army's 1th Brigade had "exchanged arms for peace" in April, reports Tiger, special correspondent from the border ...
Obituary Hkun Tha Aye
Shan elders declare independence
Politics
Who's Hso Ten
Shan leaders take state-financed holiday
Shan group calls for release of leaders
Poll: Having Shan government not a bad idea
Officer's demise disrupts business links
Civilians to be moved for new capital: At least hundreds of residents in the vicinity of the new command center in central Burma will be uprooted when an airport planned by the military leaders is being constructed, according to sources from the area:
Ceasefire commander on rescue mission: Two ceasefire commanders in northern Shan State departed for Rangoon yesterday to appear as witnesses for their leader who was arrested on charges of sedition and treason last February ...
Shan party warns supporters against prejudice
Shadow UN set to emerge from the shadow: An international organization formed by rejected and oppressed nations and peoples, as well as minorities, at the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union is holding a three-day General Assembly, 24-26 June, in the Netherlands, reports Shan representative to the grouping:
Quiet on the northern front
Non-Shans make self-rule proviso: The Shan struggle for self-determination cannot expect support from non-Shan ethnic groups residing in the same state unless Shans accede to their demand for local autonomy, according to a survey conducted by S.H.A.N. at a recent youth meeting
Shans form pact: Shan groups active both inside and outside Burma have agreed to establish that will represent each and all, according to sources returning from the border.
Second call to form advisory council
State of Emergency ordered
Who's Sai Nyunt Lwin?
SSNGs commentary.pdf
Army tries ceasefire group’s patience: A day after its second-in-command’s minivan was stopped and its occupants taken into custody, more of the ceasefire group Shan State Army-North officers’ homes were raided yesterday morning by the Burma Army units ...
S.H.A.N. report used against Shan leaders?
SSA chief: Enough of 'waiting politics'
Shan Independence cause resurrected
The next one to go
Civil servants bear the brunt of post bombing measures
Wa lauded by populace
Mongla under double heat: Mongla, the ceasefire group-held city that stands between Burma’s Kengtung and Yunnan’s Jinghong, has since December been reeling under pressures imposed by the two sides, according to local sources coming to the border:
Ceasefire group gets marching orders: The Third Brigade that is active in Mongmit, Kyaukme, Hsipaw, Namtu and Lashio townships, has been given a 15-day deadline that ends on 8 September to move to Hsengkeow, the SSA headquarters ...
Detained Shan leader still alive and kicking: Hkun Htun Oo, leader of Burma's second largest party, is still alive and well in Insein prison, four months after being detained along with nine other activists, according to sources close both to the family and the ceasefire groups...
Propaganda-is-costly: The military government would still be selling the papers: Myanmar Alin and Kyemon (in Burmese) and the New Light of Myanmar (in English) at a loss after the price hike, he said ...
Another Shan brigade under pressure
Chins formally admitted to Shadow UN
Khun Sa kin on bomb suspect list
Ceasefire commander cancels trip to Rangoon: The two ceasefire commanders who had already been reported as departing for Rangoon to serve as witnesses for their imprisoned leader were stopped at the last minute from leaving their base in Hsipaw ...
Youth unaware of Shan National Day's significance
Col Sai Yi: Ceasefire pact torn down by Rangoon
Kachin feud outcome rests on KIA: "It is unlikely to become another Mongkoe," an officer from the Shan State Army-North hopefully says...
Hard to be Shan these days: Life for Shans in Rangoon has become plainly unpleasant since the declaration of Independence in April by a group of exiled Shan elders who had also set up ...
People urged to stop using MSG: "This is one order from the government most people, including its own low ranking employees, are going to ignore," commented a civilian official from Rangoon to S.H.A.N...
Ceasefire leader faces classic fix: Hso Ten, 69, who led the Shan State Army "North" to a truce pact with Rangoon in 1989, had been successfully defending himself with 5 of the charges pressed by Rangoon, according to the source ...
More ceasefire units rejoin armed resistance: Thousands of troops from the former Shan State National Army have recently arrived in the south to resume the armed struggle, reported a Shan State Army “South” commander yesterday...
Shans back call for UN action: The exiled Shan Democratic Union has called on members of the UN Security Council to endorse the recent call by Nobel laureates to place Burma on its agenda, according to its statement dated 23 September...
Junta’s 135 races: A weight of numbers to throw its weight around: The author Gamanii, a veteran of the 1974 student protests and currently working with the exiled National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, instead found only 58 among the 135 races as listed by Burma’s military’s rulers ...
Junta having all eyes on outsiders: The order is out to units in northern Shan State to keep an eye on foreigners engaged in humanitarian activities, according to reports from Lashio, the state’s northern capital ...
Groups must complete the constitutional convention: Burma's Special Bureau has since last week been visiting homes of the ceasefire groups' representatives to the National Convention and collecting data on each representative, according to ceasefire sources...
Dissident meet skim over politics: Their style cramped by the "No politics, please!" precondition that obliged them to limit themselves to merely giving information about their activities and discussing more technical matters, Burma's leading anti-Rangoon activists attending the National Reconciliation Program (NRP) annual consultation meeting ...
The junta knows its stuff: Having successfully dislodged the group from its 7-township operational area without a fight, the Burma Army's Lashio-based Northeastern Region Command is now demanding that the Shan State Army "North" submit a complete strength and inventory of its makeup, according to ceasefire sources..
Militia status future of ceasefire groups: Pro-military militia status appears to be what Rangoon has had in mind for the future of all armed groups that have concluded ceasefire pacts with the country's rulers since 1989, according to ceasefire sources from northern Shan State...
Few want to be bureaucrats: The military government is finding it hard to acquire qualified applicants for its vacant positions as few can afford to work with the low pay rates it is offering, according to a report coming to the border:
A new gag in Rangoon: There is a popular teashop in Rangoon's Yekyaw quarters called "Maung Aye". One of the tea brands put to good use by the shop includes "Soe Win", made by a company on Theinbyu Street. Also, as it is, one of the condensed milk brands happens to be "Shwe Mann"...
Ex-ceasefire group urges former allies to renew efforts for three-way talks: “We have conferred with the Restoration Council of Shan State, Karen National Union, Karenni National Progress Party, Kachin National Organization, Chin National Front and Arakan Liberation Party as well as exiled groups such as the Shan Democratic Union, and all have been ...
Phoney surrender in the wind: Actually, Sai Ku had less than 40 men," said an SSNA officer, whose main group has long since joined the anti-Rangoon SSA "South" of Col Yawdserk. "The rest were furnished to Sai Yee by Sai Htun Aye."
Junta goads ceasefire group on: The Burma Army is doggedly continuing with its efforts to force the Shan State Army 'North' to come to its knees, according to both ceasefire and civilian sources from northern Shan State ...
SDU_STATEMENT.pdf
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Censorship also covers the dead: Burma's censorship has extended to the obituaries featured in the daily papers and how they are written, writes Chai Sayam from the southern border...
World peacemaking body in the offing: "prevent the proliferation of (biological, chemical and nuclear weapons) and keep them out of the most dangerous hands."
Militia disarmed: A patrol coming from Monghpyak, 83 km north of Tachilek, had disarmed the 30-men group of Pang Sali, Hawngleuk tract, about 7 km ...
Rumors die hard: “People in Rangoon have gone out of their way to become interested in state-run news broadcasts,” said a Rangoonian.
Gold sold to avert Than Shwe exit: The sale of official gold that began on 21 September has been terminated after astrologers advised the generals that the impending misfortune for the regime's number one man, Than Shwe, has been successfully averted by the action, according to sources coming from Rangoon...
Shans offer condolences for Katrina victims: “The people of Shan State could feel and sympathize with the sufferings of this kind of natural disaster for we are also constantly confronted with man-made disasters like forced relocation, population transfer, mass rapes, plundering andburning of villages, mass killings and so on by the occupied Burma army for decades ...
No more buddies: Two battalions were involved in the operation last week when, according to Wa sources, 900 kg of heroin were netted near Mongpiang, 260 km northeast of Tachilek. "The Burmese troops blasted the defile with mines as the Wa convoy passed through it, and the surprised occupants were surrounded by the Burmese troops before they could react," ...
Junta turns the screw on strongest Shan unit: Recent release of Shan State Army 'North' men from detention was a misleader, as the Burma Army is already bringing pressure to bear on its First Brigade, the strongest of the SSA's three brigades, according to sources from northern Shan State yesterday...
Junta paves the way for disciplined democracy: Authorities in northern Shan State has since 2 September been reshuffling the headmen of neighborhoods in each town in preparation for the upcoming constitutional referendum and the ensuing general elections next year, report sources from the border...
Shan Foreign Minister faces the sack: Interim Shan Government (ISG), a group that was formed in March by some Shan elders, is seriously considering whether or not to "allow" its "foreign minister" to retire, according to inside sources...
No More Peace for Peace Groups: On September 14, the New Democratic Army-Kachin's chairman, Zahkung Ting Ying was removed from power, during his visit to Rangoon. The coup, led by NDA-K's General Secretary Layawk Zelum and his associates, has triggered conflicts not only among the different Kachin ceasefire groups but also between the Burmese junta and those groups...
Jailed SSA men to be released: Three Shan State Army 'North' men who were arrested on 5 July after finding them in unauthorized possession of lethal weapons were sentenced to three month imprisonment each yesterday by the township court in Muse, opposite Yunnan's Ruili, reports a ceasefire source today...
Time to side with the enemy: “We had started out by waging an armed struggle against the Burma Army that has been ravaging our land,” said a resistance turned-ceasefire turned-pro Burma Army militia officer to S.H.A.N. “Then we agreed to cease hostilities with Rangoon. Now since they are allowing us to keep our weapons and continue with our businesses, we’ve become their militia. I think that’s what lies ahead for the SSA-N (Shan State Army-North) and other ceasefire armies.”...
Sino-junta talk worries Wa: The latest round of negotiations between Kunming and Rangoon authorities in Mongla on Monday, 14 November, has triggered a wave of panic through the Wa leadership in the neighboring Panghsang, according to a report coming in yesterday...
SSA told not to bother with jailed leaders: The ceasefire group Shan State Army "North" has been advised by the Burma Army's regional commander last week that the best way to help its imprisoned leaders is to keep quiet about the whole thing, report disgruntled senior members of the group from the border...
Ethnic lobbyists target junta financial wellspring: A 4-member delegation to the European Union last month, 2-25 October, had combined their all-out efforts against the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) that has been providing the Burmese dictatorship with the "largest source of income," according to a recent report of the Ethnic Nationalities Council (ENC), Burma's largest non-Burman ethnic coalition...
SSA will attend National Convention: A recent meeting of the Shan State Army ‘North’ leaders had resolved to attend the constitutional convention to be held by Burma’s generals before the end of the year, according to ceasefire sources...
Federal democracy is not enough: researcher: A discussion paper circulated today at the beginning of a two-day workshop in Chiangmai, that came in the wake of Rangoon's flat rejection of democracy and federalism, has called for a rethinking of current national reconciliation politics...
SSA engaged in bitter debate: News of lengthy jail sentences on their leaders has plunged the ceasefire group Shan State Army "North" into a furious war of words, according to sources from northern Shan State...
SSA-N Statement (Burmese).pdf
Junta keeps crowding: Recent forced surrender of some of its members and the raid on the home of the commander of its strongest brigade were the latest blows to the deteriorating relations between the ceasefire group Shan State Army and Rangoon, according to sources from the north...
Shan party not invited to constitutional meet: The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, whose top leaders are in jail in remote areas of Burma, has not been invited to the upcoming session of the National Convention due to resume on 5 December, say SNLD insiders...
Pyinmana just what the doctor ordered: Apart from astrological calculations and American invasion, there are more down-to-earth reasons why Burma's autocratic rulers have chosen Pyinmana as the new power center, according to civilian officials in Tachilek, opposite Thailand's Maesai...

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