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Bo Mya was a Burmese revolutionary leader and the founder of the Karen National Union (KNU). He was born to a poor family in Htimukhi village, Hpapun Township, British Burma. He was educated at the local school and later attended the Rangoon University.
Bo Mya was a leader of the Karen people and was instrumental in the formation of the KNU in 1947. He was the first president of the KNU and served in that capacity until his death in 2006. He was also a leader of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and was involved in the struggle for Karen independence from Burma.
Bo Mya was a strong advocate for human rights and democracy in Burma. He was a vocal critic of the military regime and was arrested several times for his political activities. He was also a recipient of the Right Livelihood Award in 2003.
Bo Mya was 79 years old at the time of his death. He was married to his wife, Khin Mya, and had three children.
Bo Mya's net worth is not known.
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79 years old |
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Capricorn |
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20 January 1927 |
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20 January |
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Htimukhi village, Hpapun Township, British Burma |
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(2006-12-24) |
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Mae Sot, Thailand |
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Myanmar |
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Bo Mya Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Bo Mya's Wife?
His wife is Naw Lar Po
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Naw Lar Po |
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3 daughters, 4 sons |
Bo Mya Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Bo Mya worth at the age of 79 years old? Bo Mya’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Myanmar. We have estimated
Bo Mya's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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On 24 December 2006, Bo Mya died in a hospital in Mae Sot, Thailand, near the eastern border of Myanmar. He had heart disease and diabetes and was unable to walk for three years before his death.
Since then, the KNU and KNLA's effectiveness has gradually diminished. This was demonstrated at the beginning of 2004 when Bo Mya travelled to Yangon (Rangoon), his first visit to the capital in 50 years, to hold peace talks with Khin Nyunt, who was Prime Minister at the time.
In late 1994, a group of KNLA soldiers broke away from the main army and formed the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA). They allied themselves with the Burmese military, and led Burmese troops into Manerplaw in December 1994, leading to its capture — the biggest single setback to the Karens in their post-war history.
But by the mid-1990s, the tide was turning against him. A devout Christian of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Bo Mya had always risked antagonising elements from within the predominantly Karen Buddhist and animist KNLA ranks. Although his defenders say he treated both Christians and Buddhists equally, the fact that the top positions of the KNU were filled almost entirely by Christians seemed to confirm the impression that he promoted the minority Christians' interests at the expense of those of the Buddhists and animists.
After the Karens declared independence from Burma in 1949, Bo Mya quickly rose to a position of pre-eminence in the Karen movement, earning a reputation as a hard and ruthless operator. Based at Manerplaw ("victory field") close to the Thai-Burma border, the KNU under his control, and its military wing the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), was probably the most successful of the ethnic rebel organisations fighting Rangoon in the Karen Conflict in the 1970s and 1980s.
Bo Mya was among a significant number of Karens who joined the British — specifically in Bo Mya's case, Force 136 — during World War II, with whom he fought the Japanese from the East Dawna hills in 1944 to 1945.
Bo Mya (Burmese: ဘိုမြ [bò mja̰]; born Htee Moo Kee; 20 January 1927 – 24 December 2006) was a Karen leader born in Papun District, which is in present-day Karen State, Myanmar. He was a long-standing chairman of the Karen National Union (KNU), a political organisation of the Karen people, from 1976 to 2000. He stepped down to become vice-chairman in 2004, and retired in 2004 from all public offices, due to poor health.
