30 May 2021
Major General Sao Khun Kyaw, widely known as Yebaw Than Chaung, deputy leader of the Shanni Nationalities Army. / The Irrawaddy
The second-in-command of the Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA), Major General Sao Khun Kyaw, was assassinated on May 26 by Myanmar’s military, according to the Kachin State ethnic armed group’s spokesman.
Colonel Hsur Sai Tun said Maj-Gen Sao Khun Kyaw, an ethnic Shanni from Mohnyin Township in Kachin State, died from gunshot wounds on Thursday morning.
He said the group’s deputy, widely known as Yebaw Than Chaung, was shot at close range.