FBR Report: Kachin Told to Surrender Control Over Their Army, Become Border Police Under Burma Army

The Free Burma Rangers (FBR) is a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement. They bring help, hope and love to people in the war zones of Burma. Ethnic pro-democracy groups send teams to be trained, supplied and sent into the areas under attack to provide emergency assistance and human rights documentation. Together with other groups, the teams work to serve people in need.

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Kachin Told to Surrender Control Over Their Army, Become Border Police Under Burma Army

Kachin State, Burma: The Kachin Independence Organization was told at a meeting with the Burma Army on April 28 that it has to transfer its military operations into the Burma Army as part of a border guard force. They were told at the meeting with the Burma Army's Northern commander Brigadier-General Soe Win on April 28, that this must be completed by 2010.

The KIO and its armed wing, the Kachin Independence Army, currently controls about 40 percent of Kachin state, mostly in rural areas, but these proposals would massively reduce the territory under their control. The KIO, along with other ceasefire groups, is consulting widely on the proposals before meeting again with Brig-Gen Soe Win.

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The Free Burma Ranger’s (FBR) mission is to provide hope, help and love to internally displaced people inside Burma, regardless of ethnicity or religion. Using a network of indigenous field teams, FBR reports on human rights abuses, casualties and the humanitarian needs of people who are under the oppression of the Burma Army. FBR provides medical, spiritual and educational resources for IDP communities as they struggle to survive Burmese military attacks. For more information, please visit www.freeburmarangers.org