YANGON, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 37 more members of the Kayin National Union (KNU), a major anti-government ethnic armed group in Myanmar, have returned to the government's legal fold, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday.
The 37 armed group members, from the battalion-201 led by Captain Saw Sein Maung Htay, were resettled in Htot-Kawkoe village by the government on Wednesday. They brought along 10 assorted arms and ammunition, the report said.
At the end of March this year, leading 159 members of his group, Captain Saw Nay Soe Mya, son of late former KNU chairman Saw Bo Mya, returned to the government's legal fold and resettled at the Htokawko Village under the name of KNU/KNLA Peace Council as arranged by the government. The group brought along 24 assorted arms, according to earlier report.
KNU, operating on the Myanmar-Thai border, remains as the largest anti-government armed group in Myanmar, which has not made peace with the government yet. The government claimed that a total of 17 anti-government armed groups have returned to the legal fold since it adopted a policy of national reconciliation since 1989.
Late Saw Bo Mya, who was also leader of the anti-government Kayin National Liberation Army (KNLA), died in December 2006 at the age of 79 and was replaced by Saw Ba Tin Shein according to informed sources.
Source: Xinhua News
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