The United League of Arakan (ULA; my, ရက္ခိုင့်အမျိုးသားအဖွဲ့ချုပ်) is an Arakanese political organisation based in

Laiza Laiza ( my, လိုင်ဇာ ''Laingza'') is a remote mountainous town in the Kachin State, Myanmar. It lies on the border with China, the other side is . Laiza is the capital of the Kachin Independence Organisation since 2005. History L ...

Kachin State Kachin State ( my, ကချင်ပြည်နယ်; Kachin: ), also known by the endonym Kachinland, is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet and Yunnan, specifically and respectively); Sh ...

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. Its armed wing is the

Arakan Army The Arakan Army ( my, ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော်, Rakhaing Tattaw; abbreviated AA) is an ethnic armed organisation based in Rakhine State (Arakan). Founded on 10 April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United Lea ...

. Major General

Twan Mrat Naing Major General Twan Mrat Naing, also spelled Tun Myat Naing (Arakanese language, Arakanese:ထွန်းမြတ်နိုင်), is an Arakanese revolutionary and commander in chief of the Arakan Army, an List of insurgent groups in Myanma ...

is the ULA's chairman and Brigadier General

Nyo Twan Awng Brig. Gen. Nyo Twan Awng ( my, ညိုထွန်းအောင်; also spelled Nyo Tun Aung, born Zaw Mro Thet on 4 March 1981) is the deputy leader of the United League of Arakan and the Vice Commander-in-Chief of the Arakan Army (Kachin ...

is in the secretary. 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.

History

The 1st United League of Arakan conference, attended by delegates from various countries, was held from 10 to 16 January 2016, seven consecutive days in a liberated area. The ULA was organised by the 21 central committee members who Chairman, General Secretary, Secretary (1), Secretary (2), Secretary (3), Special Advisory Group.

is responsible the chairman of United League of Arakan and

is in charge of the secretariat. No other names announced.

Controversy

The Singaporean police force arrested those who were involved in the United League of Arakan's movements and they were deported back to

on 10 July 2019. Myanmar police detained and arrested Arakanese youths repatriated from Singapore at Rangoon airport. In the

police force complaint the United League of Arakan led by Aung Myat Kyaw, who was the younger brother of

, and three others Tun Aye, Than Tun Naing and Soe Soe was established in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

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

. 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 Myanmar National Literature Awards ( my, အမျိုးသား စာပေဆု) are awards presented to a Burmese author who has published a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poe ...

for 2017.

References

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External links

(1) United League of Arakan's Old Website(2) United League of Arakan's Old Website(3) United League of Arakan's Old Website(4) United League of Arakan's Old Website
History of Myanmar Politics of Myanmar Rebel groups in Myanmar 2013 establishments in Myanmar