One of the late General Bo Mya’s sons, Tay Lay Mya, has been excommunicated by the Karen National Union.
by Daniel Pederson
One of the late General Bo Mya’s sons, Tay Lay Mya, has been excommunicated by the Karen National Union.
The former commander of a company attached to the Karen National Liberation Army’s Sixth Battalion was expulsed because of unauthorised peace negotiations with Burma’s ruling military junta, the State Peace and Development Council.
“I am yet to see any official communication, but the decision was taken about a month ago, as soon as we had confirmed he had been to Rangoon,” said KNU vice president, David Thackrabaw.
Tay Lay’s first visit to Rangoon, and reportedly Naypidaw, occurred in December last year.
At the time, just days before his departure, Tay Lay told this correspondent the meeting had been delayed because of the People’s Alliance for Democracy seizure of Bangkok International Airport.
A delegation of senior Thai generals, international observers from Australia and the United Kingdom and Tay Lay was waiting for the earliest opportunity to fly to Rangoon, he said.
Tay Lay said the Thai generals and the SPDC wanted border tensions eased to clear the way for lucrative trade deals.
The delegation included former KNLA Brigadier-General Htin Maung and allegedly the controversial “Pastor Timothy”, both considered traitors by the KNU.
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Thanks to Daniel Pederson
