KARENNI STATE – According to the statement of the battalion, eight comrades from Battalion 17 of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force – KNDF were killed during the two years of the Spring Revolution.
Therefore, the 17th Battalion of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force KNDF announced on December 19 that a one-year commemoration ceremony was held somewhere in Karenni State for the martyrs who fell while serving during the revolution.
Among those eight comrades, five fell in the battle at Panlo Village between Tat Sa Laung and Than Lwin, one in the Tagu So camp battle, one in the Dota Hay battle, and one in the 1111 Operation Loikaw battle.
The battalion reported that the ceremony was held on December 17 and attended by the KNDF Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Township Commander of Loikaw KRG Force, comrades, and local people.