"This report can be considered as supplementary to the report "SLORC/DKBA Activities in Kawkareik Township", KHRG #95-23, 10/7/95. The Myawaddy-Kawkareik area is in central Karen State, not far west of the Thai border. The following account of the current situation there was given by a Buddhist Karen officer in the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) in an interview on July 15, 1995. Despite losing bases at Manerplaw and Kawmoora in early 1995, the KNLA is still very active in guerrilla operations in Kawkareik Township and other areas. In Kawkareik Township, SLORC has given some local authority to the DKBA (Democratic Kayin Buddhist Army), but SLORC troops are still the predominant force in the area. It should be noted that the DKBA's Pa Nwee and Pa Tha Da, both of whom figured prominently in report #95-23, are not mentioned in this account because both of them have apparently been transferred by SLORC; Pa Nwee, initially thought to have been executed by SLORC, has reportedly been seen at the SLORC base at Meh Tha Waw, while Pa Tha Da was promoted by SLORC after proving his skills at looting and abuse of civilians, and has been transferred to parts as yet unknown..."