S.H.A.N : UPDATE ON SHAN

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S.H.A.N : UPDATE ON SHAN

SHAN STUDENTS MEET IN MANDALAY
20  February 1996

>From 10 to 13 February 1996, a meeting was held in Mandalay by university
students from Shan State. It was attended by 30 students, 15 male and 15 female,
from Universities in Rangoon; 30 students, 15 male and 15 female, from Taunggyi
University; 10 students, 5 male and 5 female, from Lashio University; 5
students, 2 male snd 3 female, from Myitkyina University; and 5 students, 3 male
and 2 female, from Yesin University in Pyinmana.

On the last day of the meeting, it was agreed that all the Shan University
students would continue to promote and preserve their culture and literature and
to find ways to conduct reserch work on Shan literature, culture and history.
The most important outcome of the meeting was that all the students unanimously
elected Zai Kham Lake, the most famous modern song composer, to be their leader
and chairman of all the Shan university society of the whole Union.

The decisions of the meeting and the structure of the Shan Student Society will
be issued shortly.


KHUN SA IN,  KARN YORD OUT
20 February 1996

Since mid-December 1996, SSNA chief Karn Yord had already known about Khun Sa's
secret negotiation with the SLORC, and on January 1, 1996 , he also learned that
on January 3 or 7, Khun Sa's MTA would either make a ceasefire agreement with or
surrender completely to SLORC.

At that time, Karn Yord was quoted as saying, " If Khun Sa comes in, I'll go
out. We will have to go out again. Surrender is out of the question. However
hard the pressure from the Burmese may be, even if my life is threatened, I'll
never do that. "

After the MTA surrender, he also reportedly said  " Khun Sa's surrender is
partly due to his fierce grudge against me. "
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