"The Current Human Rights Situation in Eastern Pa'an District" "...Pa?an district forms a large area in the central heartland of Karen State (click here to see a map). Much of the northeastern part of the district used to be under at least partial control of the Karen National Union (KNU), but after troops of the State Law & Order Restoration Council (SLORC) military junta captured the KNU headquarters at Manerplaw in 1995, they progressively exerted increasing control over the entire eastern part of the district..."