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KARENNI NATIONAL PROGRESSIVE PARTY

Date: April 30, 2001
News release

Battle News
March to April 2001

>From March up to the present time there have been 20 clashes between the
SPDC troops and the Karenni Army troops (KA).  The SPDC has suffered 33
casualties and 52 wounded during that period of time.  Four SPDC men have
been captured. The KA have had two wounded. Details of the fighting were as
follows:

More fighting are expected in the future as the SPDC does not stop its
dry-season military operation yet.  

On 11 March 2001, at 0800 hrs, the Karenni Army troops (KA) from No. (1)
Battalion attacked SPDC troops from Light Infantry (IB) No. (250) led by
Tun Oo at Hway Pu junction in BP (11) area. The SPDC had one dead and two
wounded. The KA had no casualties.

On 11 March 2001, at 0740 hrs, the KA troops from No. (2) Battalion
attacked a SPDC company from LIB No (530) at Daw Take with assorted
weapons.  The SPDC had three wounded. The KA was intact.

On 15 March 2001, at 1330 hrs, there was a clash between SPDC troops from
LIB No. (424) and the KA at Law Bue Leh junction. The number of SPDC
casualties was unknown.

On 18 March 2001, at 1000 hrs, the KA troops from No. (1) Battalion made an
ambush on a column of SPDC soldiers from LIB No. (337) in BP (12) area. One
SPDC soldier was killed. On the same day, at 0920 hrs, the KA captured a
SPDC private soldier named Min Min.

On 19 March 2001, at 1400 hrs, the KA troops from No. (1) Battalion made an
ambush on SPDC troops from IB No. (250) led by Major Tun Tun Oo in Hway Pu
junction in BP (11) area. One SPDC soldier was wounded. A civilian who was
forcibly taken as a porter by the unit of SPDC was also wounded in the attack.

On 22 March, at 0900 hrs, there was an unexpected face to face fight that
broke out between the KA and a column of SPDC troops from LIB No. (426) at
Hway Khano, BP (11) area. The SPDC suffered one dead and two wounded. The
KA had one wounded slightly.

On 23 March 2001, at 1030 hrs, the KA made an ambush on a column of SPDC
from IB No. (250) at Hwar Kha Mong, BP (11) area. The SPDC suffered one
dead and one wounded.

On 26 March 2001, at 1640 hrs, an unexpected face to face clash broke out
between two companies of SPDC from IB No (102) led by vice battalion
commander Major Aung Min and the KA troops from No. (2) Battalion at Hte
Poe Kloe, Dee Mawso Township, Karenni.  The clash lasted one hour.  The
SPDC had one sergeant dead and four wounded.

On 28 March 2001, at 0830 hrs, the KA troops from No. (2) Battalion made an
ambush on a column of SPDC troops from LIB No (248) at Daw Taku village, an
abandoned village. The attack lasted one-and-a-half-hours. Four SPDC
soldiers were killed and twelve others were wounded. The KA had one wounded.

On 29 March 2001, at 0555 hrs, the KA troops from No. (1) Battalion
attacked a base of SPDC troops from LIB No (250) at Pasaung. The SPDC lost
one sergeant and one private dead and two privates were wounded.

On 30 March, at 1000 hrs, the KA troops of No. (1) Battalion made an ambush
on a column of SPDC troops from LIB No. (426) led by Battalion commander
Myint Htoo at Hway Pu Long. The SPDC suffered one dead and one wounded.

On 3 April 2001, at 0830 hrs, the KA troops of Battalion No. (2) destroyed
by burning a SPDC truck at Shadaw. On the same day at 1030 hrs, the KA
troops of No. (1) Battalion captured three SPDC soldiers from LIB No.
(430). The captured are Tun Aung Kyaw, Lynn Naing and Ke Win.

On 5 April 2001, at 0940 hrs, the KA made a light attack on SPDC troops
from LIB No. (426) led by the Battalion Commander at Hway Mo. The SPDC had
one sergeant seriously wounded.

On 10 April 2001, at 1600 hrs, the KA made an ambush on a column of SPDC
troops from LIB No. (337) at BP (9) area. One SPDC soldier was killed.

On 16, April 2001, at 0700 hrs, an unexpected face to face clash broke out
between a column of SPDC troops from LIB No. (421) and the KA troops of No.
(2) Battalion at Shadaw. The SPDC suffered one wounded.

On 17 April 2001, at 1400 hrs, the KA troops from No. (1) Battalion
destroyed a truck belonging to the SPDC at Mawchi.

On 19 April 2001, at 0840 hrs, the KA discovered two dead prisoners who
were used as porters by SPDC troops from LIB No. (424) led by Battalion
Commander Htay Myint Aung during its military operation. The dead prisoners
were U Chit Laing and Maung Boe. They were believed to have died from malaria.

On 19 April 2001, at 1200 hrs, the KA discovered a dead body of a porter
named Thant Zaw. The porter was believed to have died from tiredness.

On 20 April 2001, at 0750 hrs, the KA troops from No. (1) Battalion made a
surprised attack on an outpost of SPDC troops from IB No. (261) near
Mawchi. The SPDC suffered three deaths. The KA seized one MA-1. During the
fighting, the SPDC troops from Mawchi based fired six shells of 81 MM on Lo
Khar Lo village and wounded two villagers. The names of the wounded are not
yet available.

On 21 April 2001, at 1300 hrs, the KA troops from No. (1) Battalion
attacked a convoy of SPDC troops from IB No. (102) led by Lt. Colonel Win
Htway, battalion commander, at Hway Au Lay. The SPDC suffered nine deaths
and fourteen wounded. The commander was among the wounded.

On 23 April 2001, at 1100 hrs, the KA troops from No. (2) Battalion made an
ambush on SPDC troops from LIB No. (531) between Pruso and Htar Le. Four
SPDC soldiers were killed and three others were seriously wounded. The KA
seized one 60 MM and six of its shells, one G-3 and six of its magazines
and 30 of its rounds, one BA-94, one China-made communication machine and
other military supplies.

On 24 April 2001, at 0830 hrs, the KA troops from No. (1) Battalion made an
ambush on a column of PSDC troops from IB No. (102) at Hway Kha Mong, BP
(11) area. One SPDC soldier was killed and two others wounded. On the same
day, the KA once again attacked the same column of SPDC troops while it was
carrying back its wounded. The SPDC had two wounded. 

On 25 April 2001, at 1635 hrs, the KA made an ambush on a column of SPDC
troops from IB No. (102) led by Battalion Commander Aung Min at BP (12)
area. The SPDC had two dead and two wounded.

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