KNU infected with CIA cells; pro-peace leader Saw Mutu Say Poe is under duress
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NP News - May 10
Karen National Union has been infected by the cadres of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States and the Chairman of the KNU Saw Mutu Say Poe is coerced not to conduct a meeting with Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to discuss peace, according to the inside information.
Saw Mutu Say Poe welcomed and praised the peace invitation offered by the Commander-in-Chief of the Defense Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on April 22, 2022. He reportedly urged the KNU to join the peace talk, instead of fire exchanging, for resolving the conflicts and saving the lives of multiple people.
In truth, the chairman is willing to attend the peace talk and eager to cease the armed conflict.
“Pa-htee (Uncle in Karen Language) said that he will attend the meeting no matter whether others will be attending or not. He said he doesn’t want to see any more bloodshed or killing each other. However, the headquarters have different paradigms. The headquarters said ‘Pa-htee may attend the talk. But if he attends it, the KNU will announce he isn’t representing the organization’”, the source told the NP News on May 9.
On May 6, 2022, Karen National Union convened a central committee meeting to vote for making a collective decision on whether to attend the peace talk invited by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing. The meeting reportedly resulted in only one vote in favour, 9 against, and three absences (an alternative to abstention).
The source told, “The headquarters split into two. One is willing to exchange fire and another group is anti-war and willing to talk for the peace. The thing is financial backing is stronger in the pro-war group; and therefore, the pro-peace group stays silent. In fact, they are afraid to be the next Padoh Mahn Sha.”
Padoh Mahn Sha was a hardliner secretary-general of the Karen National Union, assassinated in 2008.
Saw Nerdah Mya, the second son of the late KNU chairman Saw Bo Mya, is reportedly trying to return the Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO) with renewed vigor. He eyes the post ‘top leading role’ of the KNU.
Opinions have clashed with different philosophies between groups led by Naw Zipporah Sein, Padoh Kwe Htoo Win and Saw Mutu Say Poe.
“The CIA cells have widely contaminated within the KNU. They already have taken footage in Kayin State. I can say it by name. But I don’t mention it because I will be life threatened,” the source said.
In 2020, some of the KNU stakeholders encountered about to be arrested and interrogated in Thailand for a case related to the financial support sponsored by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). American’s CIA involved in that case too behind the scene. In fact, financial obligations from the CIA and the OIC seemed circulating much in the 2021 political crisis of Myanmar through the opposition group – NUG (National Unity Government), according to the reliable news source.
Therefore, situations come up to continue fire exchanging within Kayin State thanks to the financial sponsoring; by sacrificing the region’s peace and tranquility.
The KNU headquarters’ statement released on May 9 – which excluded the agreement of the KNU’s chairman Saw Mutu Say Poe – refused to discuss with the Chief Commander for the peace.
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