Khun Bedu

Khun Bedu
Khun Bedu found in a liberated area (2024)
Vice President of Karenni State Interim Executive Council[1]
Assumed office
12 June 2023
President of Karenni Nationalities Defence Force
Assumed office
31 May 2021
Personal details
Born (1984-06-12) 12 June 1984 (age 40)
NationalityBurmese
Known foranti-SPDC activism, 2008-2012 imprisonment

Khun Bedu (born 1984) is an ethnically Karenni Burmese political activist who was imprisoned from 2008 to 2012 for organizing protests against the 2008 Constitutional Referendum. He is the leader of the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, an armed resistance group participating in the country's ongoing civil war.[2]

  1. ^ "Karenni governing council offers political alternative to junta control". Myanmar Now. 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Q&A: Karenni leader Khun Bedu is 'determined to restore the people's government'". Frontier Myanmar. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-11-22.