Kawthoolei Army fighters attend a ceremony marking Karen Martyrs’ Day in August of this year. (Frontier)

‘We must not become fascists’: KNU split exposes debate over tactics

Officers implicated in two massacres of unarmed prisoners have split from the Karen National Union to form the Kawthoolei Army, with critics saying the group lacks ethics and the schism undermines the revolution.

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