United League of Arakan

The United League of Arakan (Burmese: ရက္ခိုင့်အမျိုးသားအဖွဲ့ချုပ်; abbreviated ULA) in Myanmar is the political wing of the Arakan Army, headquartered in Laiza.[3][4] Major General Twan Mrat Naing responsible the chairman and Brigadier General Nyo Twan Awng is in charge of the secretariat. The United League of Arakan is the member of the Federal Political Negotiation Consultative Committee (FPNCC), the political negotiation team formed by seven ethnic armed groups in Myanmar.[5][6]

United League of Arakan

ရက္ခိုင့်အမျိုးသားအဖွဲ့ချုပ်
AbbreviationULA
ChairmanTwan Mrat Naing[1]
Vice chairmansNyo Twan Awng[2]
Founded2016 (2016) or 2013
Armed wingArakan Army
IdeologyConfederalism
Anthem
  • အာရက္ခနိုင်ငံတော်
  • ARRAKKHA LAND
Website
www.ulaparty.com

History

The 1st United League of Arakan conference, attended by delegates from various countries, was held from January 10 to 16, 2016, seven consecutive days in a liberated area.[7] The ULA was organised by the 21 central committee members who Chairman, General Secretary, Secretary (1), Secretary (2), Secretary (3), Special Advisory Group. Twan Mrat Naing is responsible the chairman of United League of Arakan and Nyo Twan Awng is in charge of the secretariat. No other names announced.

Controversy

The Singaporean police force arrested those who involved in the United League of Arakan's movements and they were deported back to their country that Myanmar on 10 July 2019.[8] Myanmar police detained and arrested Arakanese youths repatriated from Singapore at Rangoon airport. In the Myanmar police force complaint the United League of Arakan led by Aung Myat Kyaw, who was the younger brother of Twan Mrat Naing, and three others Tun Aye, Than Tun Naing and Soe Soe was established in Singapore in 2013. There were about 86 members. Police allege that the members monthly pay the fees and they supported the monthly fees to the United League of Arakan and Arakan Army.[8][9]

However, the United League of Arakan was formed only in 2016, according to the Mrauk-U survey book. The book was written by Maung Maung Soe who received the Myanmar National Literature Award for 2017.[10]

References
  1. "ULA Leadership". ULA. 5 September 2018.
  2. "ULA / AA". Arakan Army. 4 May 2018.
  3. "AA/ULA welcomes Chinese investment in Rakhine". Mizzima. 24 July 2019.
  4. Sandford, Steve (16 October 2019). "Myanmar's Arakan Army is Recruiting and Training to Fight Government". Voice of America.
  5. "China meets with armed groups over Shan clashes". The Myanmar Times. 23 August 2019.
  6. "ULA/AA". ISP Peace Desk. 6 November 2019.
  7. "Organization". ULA. 5 September 2018.
  8. "AA leader's sister, brother-in-law arrested at Yangon Airport". Eleven Media Group. 21 October 2019.
  9. "ရခိုင်အသင်း (စင်္ကာပူ) ခေါင်းဆောင်များ အမှု "မြောက်ဦးစစ်တမ်း"စာအုပ် သက်သေခံဝင်". The Irrawaddy Burma. 31 October 2019.
  10. "၂၀၁၇ ခုနှစ်အတွက် အမျိုးသားစာပေဆုများ ထုတ်ပြန်ကြေညာ". MOI. 2018.
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