Myanmar govt wins over rebels

Sat, 24 Jul 1999 | Source: AP

YANGON (AP): A faction of about 100 rebels from an ethnic insurgent army made peace with the military regime on Friday in a ceremony attended by one of the senior ruling generals.

The fighters have broken away from the Karenni National Progressive Party, a group of several thousand men operating along Myanmar's rugged border with Thailand.

Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt, the powerful head of military intelligence, attended the peace ceremony in Loikaw, 450 kilometers northeast of Yangon.

Khin Nyunt is the architect of cease-fires made between the military, which has ruled Myanmar, also known as Burma, since 1962, and several rebel groups over the past decade. Khin Nyunt said that the faction making peace on Friday was the 18th to do so.

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