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Mon splinter group rejoins NMSP

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IMNA : The Mon National Defense Army (MNDA), a Mon splinter group, reunited with the New Mon State Party (NMSP) this month.

NMSP officially announced their reunification with the splinter group at the press conference yesterday on January 11, 2011 in Sangklaburi, near the Thai-Burma border.

MNDA’s group leader, Major Jaloon Htaw explained that the decision to rejoin with the NMSP came from the end of the ceasefire between the NMSP and the Burmese regime.

We went back to our mother party because the ceasefire ended,” explained Major Jaloon Htaw.

According to Nai Tala Nyi, a NMSP Executive Committee member, the NMSP will arrange for the MNDA to become part of the Mon National Libration Army (MNLA) [NMSP’s army].

We will place the soldiers in their proper military positions,” said Nai Tala Nyi.

Major Jaloon Htaw and Platoon leader Nai Htoo split from the NMSP with 20 followers, in January 2009 because of their refusal to accept a ceasefire with the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), which later changed its name to the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), and founded the MNDA.

Even when the NMSP asked the MNDA to reunite with the party on the 1st of January in 2010, the MNDA refused because of the ongoing ceasefire with the SPDC.

Once the NMSP conducted a ceasefire with the SPDC, many members retired from the party. Some founded separate armies that continued to fight the Burmese regime.

Vice Battalion Commander Major Ong Seik Hin from Mergui District split from the NMSP in 1997. At the end of 1997, the Burmese regime forced the splinter group to surrender and Ong Seik Hin’s battalion had to hand over its weapons.

Colonel Nai Pan Nyunt also split from NMSP in 2001 and founded Hongsawatoi Restoration Party (HRP). HRP is currently still fighting the regime. On January 2nd, HRP Vice Battalion Commander took power from Major Sadaik Chan after the major took a trip to Thailand.

The ceasefire agreement between the NMSP and the Burmese regime broke on September 1, 2010 when the NMSP refused to give up its arms to the regime. The regime informed the NMSP that it will no longer communicate with the NMSP as a legal party and will henceforth regard the party as an insurgent group.

According to a source from the NMSP, the Burmese government has not threatened or pressured the party after the end of the ceasefire, but NMSP is still preparing its armed forces for possible future conflict.

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