Independent Mon News Agency


Date: April 1, 2003

NMSP Elected New President After Meeting Yesterday

The biggest Mon armed political party, New Mon State Party (NMSP) elected Nai Htin as a new president (chairman), after they held central member meeting on yesterday.

For the first time that NMSP elected new president was after it former president and NMSP founder Nai Shwe Kyi passed away on March 7, 2003.

NMSP elected former Vice Chairman Nai Htin to president of NMSP, former General secretary Nai Rot Sa as Voice Chair Man of NMSP, former joint General secretary Nai Hongsar as General secretary and NMSP Central Executive Committee Nai Chan Tiok as joint General secretary of NMSP.

NMSP elected it new leader after they held emergency meeting in their Head quarter in Southern Burma, near a Thai-Burma border.

NMSP tried to elected their new leader as soon as possible after the funeral of Former NMSP President Nai Shwe Kyin, 94 and 50 thousands more crowed of Mon people.

NMSP was founded in 1957 and made cease fire agreement with Burma military government in 1995.