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DKBA attends military training in Mon State

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Nai Marn : Members of the Democratic Karen Buddha Army (DKBA) who accepted the Burmese government’s Border Guard Force (BGF) offer in August are attending a government-run military training in Thanphyuzayart Township, Mon State.

According to a local source, 200 former DKBA soldiers have been attending the BGF training, held at at No-4 advance military training base in Wekali village, Thanphyuzayart Township, since September 26th.  The duration of the training has not been announced.

“Mainly they are teaching basic military courses, about holding military parades, marching to battle, and waging war [fighting battles]. But we heard the sounds [of the training] from them only in the morning, ” IMNA’s source in Wekali explained .

He added that he learned from the trainers of the event that originally,  the Burmese government had planned to train about 800 former soldiers from the DKBA, but only 200 soldiers could attend this particular course.

The whole government training battalion previously housed at the No. 4 base, including their families, have been temporarily relocated to  the base of Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 62, based at Thanphyuzayart Town, for the duration of the training.

IMNA’s source in Wekali village reported that following the conclusion of its training at No. 4 training camp, the new BGF will be based in Yetagon village, Thanbyzayart Township, where it can officially begin its duties as a Burmese-government controlled force.

According to the Burmese government-controlled Myanmar Television  (MRTV) station, the government is making “transformation arrangements for enabling the organizations of national races that had returned to the legal fold to discharge duties of Border Guard Forces”. The DKBA’s acceptance of the Burmese government’s Border Guard Force offer was cemented on August 18th ; DKBA leaders Vice Chairman U Kyaw Than, and Colonel Saw Chit Thu, each surrendered along with 300 and 500 soldiers respectively, in transformation ceremonies in two different locations.

According to the Burmese government newspaper The New Light of Myanmar, a ceremony for the transformation held in Hlaingbwe Township, Karen State on August 18th was attended by a number of high-ranking Burmese officials, including  Lt-Gen Ye Myint from the Ministry of Defense, former Chairman of the Mon State Peace and Development Council Maj.-Gen. Thet Naing Win, Director of People’s Militia and Frontier Forces Maj-Gen Maung Maung Ohn from Ministry of Defence,  and Chairman of the Karen State Peace and Development Council Brig-Gen Zaw Min.

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