KAREN STATE – Karen National Union (KNU) issued a statement saying that three junta council troops including a captain and two BGF (Border Guard Force) troops entered the legal fold under KNU brigade 6, along with their weapons in the past few days.
KNU mentioned that the junta council captain Kyaw Bo Bo Hein and two privates entered the legal fold under KNU along with their weapons on December 17.
They (three junta council troops) are from the light infantry battalion 102 under the division 44 which is currently operating in Karen state.
Similarly, two privates from BGF, battalion 1022 – cantonment 4 under the junta council joined KNU along with their weapons, on December 15 and 17.