The Shan United Revolutionary Army ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်တပ်ပေါင်းစုတော်လှန်ရေးတပ်မတော်;

abbreviated An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...

SURA) or Tai Revolutionary Council (TRC) was a Shan insurgent group in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

(Burma), led by Moh Heng.

History

The SURA was formed in the 1960s by Moh Heng, who earlier formed the Shan State Communist Party in 1956. The SURA however took anti-communist position due to its close links with the KMT. In 1984, it merged with the anti-communist 2nd Brigade of the

Shan State Army The Shan State Army ( my, သျှမ်းပြည်တပ်မတော်; abbreviated SSA) was one of the largest insurgent groups that fought government forces in Shan State, Myanmar (Burma). The SSA was founded in 1964 after the ...

to form the Tai Revolutionary Council (TRC) when the 2nd Brigade headquarters was overrun by

Khun Sa Chinese: Chang Chi-fu () , other_name = th, จันทร์ จางตระกูล (Chan Changtrakul); Tun Sa; U Htet Aung , image = Khun Sa (9to12).jpg , alt = , caption = Khun Sa at his jungle headquarters ...

's Shan United Army (SUA). In early 1985 its headquarters at Piang Luang came under pressure from the SUA as the latter sought to consolidate control over the border area. The TRC then ended its relationship the KMT, and allied itself with the SUA, to create the

Mong Tai Army The Mong Tai Army ( my, မိုင်းတိုင်းတပ်မတော်; sometimes transcribed Muang Tai Army; abbreviated MTA), was an insurgent group consisting of soldiers from the Shan minority in Myanmar, founded in 1985 by ...

with its base of operations in Homong.;

Bertil Lintner Bertil Lintner (born 1953) is a Swedish journalist, author and strategic consultant who has been writing about Asia for nearly four decades. He was formerly the Burma (Myanmar) correspondent of the now defunct ''Far Eastern Economic Review'', and ...

, in Asia Online; 1 November 2007 In 1996 most of its soldiers disarmed, but a group of 800 soldiers were integrated into the newly formed

Shan State Army - South Shan may refer to: People *Shan (surname), or 单 in Chinese, a Chinese surname *Shan, a variant of the Welsh given name usually spelled Siân *Occasionally used as a short form of Shannen/ Shannon Ethnic groups *Shan people, Southeast Asian et ...

Yawd Serk Yawd Serk ( shn, ယွတ်ႈသိုၵ်း, my, ယွက်စစ်) is a Shan ethnic and political leader in Myanmar (Burma), who was chairman of the Restoration Council of Shan State and commander in chief of the Shan State Army ...

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{{Myanmar-stub Rebel groups in Myanmar Shan militia groups Paramilitary organisations based in Myanmar

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