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Ex-Shan leader passes away

Major Nawmong Awn, 60, from the Shan State Peace Council, died at 03:28 on Monday (8 October), reported a source from Tachilek, opposite Chiangrai. 

Nawmong, a native of Langkher, joined the resistance in 1959. He served as a radio operator and intelligence officer in the Shan State Army. He also served as Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Front, following the assassination of Col Hsengharn, his predecessor, in 1982. 

He suffered a massive stroke on 14 May in Lashio and was hospitalized, said the source. 

His funeral was held on Wednesday (10 October) at Khaisim, the SSPC's headquarters in Hsipaw. 

Updated 31 October 2001

An account of his life is coming out in the Shan State Peace Council's bulletin, "Shan State", this month.