Karen National Union's Pado Mahn Sha assassinated in Mae Sot, Thailand --

Karen et all ethnic costumes, Burmese Union Day, USA, Feb. 2007, photo copyright Kyi May Kaung


Demonstration in Canberra, detail -- photo collage- copyright Kyi May Kaung

KNU leader Pado Mahn Sha killed in Mae Sot by gunmen --

http://burmanewsandarticles.blogspot.com/

This includes a lying in state picture --

I never knew him well, but met him on one or two occasions, perhaps in Washington, DC.

A very humble, calm and committed man.

Sincere condolences to the Mahn Sha family and and the larger Karen community.

This is seen as the work of the Burmese junta through the DKBA or breakaway "Buddhist" group fomented by SLORC/SPDC in late 90s.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSBKK22277420080214

Mae Sot or Thailand, for that matter, or anywhere, has never been safe.

This will put a grey pall of fear on the Burmese democracy movement.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/d2d4dba6-db1c-11dc-9fdd-0000779fd2ac.html