Narinjara News
Manipuri People’s Army
holds 17th Armed Forces Day in Burma!
Maungdaw, 4th March 03: The Manipur People’s Army,
an outfit of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), a dissident group
from North-east India held the Armed Forces Day in western Burma, our border
correspondent quoted reliable sources in the Nasaka Burmese security services.
On February 9th at 9 in the morning the 17th Armed Forces Day of the
Manipur People’s Army was held at the Conference Hall at Natala
Ngaraing-chaung Village
(Model Village)
in the northern part of Maungdaw Township,
only five hundred metres from the Bangladesh
border at Taungbro village on the Bangladeshi side. Thirty-four armed
members, 12 of whom were women, attended the ceremony. The groups that participated
consisted of: People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Kang Lei Pak Communist
Party (KCP), Kang Lei Yawal Kangla Lup Manipur
Liberation Organization (KYKL) - all of them forming the alliance, MPLF, and
their members hailing from Manipur State
in India.
Amar-wai-Kham, a captain from UNLF, and Surjit Chowdhury, a captain from KCP
came from India Burma
common border to attend the day’s celebrations. The function was opened
with the national anthem and continued with promise to continue the struggle depending
on the coordinated strength of the people and the armed groups who came to
attend the function. The celebration continued till about noon.
In recent days a number of families from North-east India,
especially Manipur, have settled down in the western part of Burma
where the ruling State Peace and Development Council junta built a number of
what they call as Natala ‘model villages’, sources said. #