Saw Hla Ngwe, the Karen National Union joint general secretary (1), said he would welcome any organization that wanted to investigate his group about child solders.

克伦民族联盟第1联合秘书长绍拉威(SawHla Ngwe)说，他欢迎任何有兴趣的组织来克伦民族联盟调查有关童兵的问题。

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Many of them fled fighting in Burma. This latest flood of villagers came as Burmese forces moved in on rebel fighters from the Karen National Union.

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Zipporah Sein,general-secretary of the Karen National Union, fears the attacks are part of a new campaign of intimidation by the military ahead of national elections scheduled for later this year.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Reports by the ethnic Karen National Union in some other areas [as well say attacks by the Burmese military started in early July in the northern Karen state of that borders Thailand.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

On January 13th the government signed a ceasefire agreement with the Karen National Union.

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Other clashes have also taken place along the eastern border with Thailand between government troops, ethnic Mon rebels and the Karen National Union.

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The Karen National Union took up arms after World War Two to fight for self-rule within an independent Myanmar (then called Burma).

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