Kokang Democracy and Unity Party explained
| Kokang Democracy and Unity Party |
| Lang1: | Burmese |
| Name Lang1: | Burmese: ကိုးကန့် ဒီမိုကရေစီနှင့် ညီညွတ်ရေးပါတီ |
| Lang2: | Chinese |
| Name Lang2: | Chinese: 果敢民主团结党 |
| Abbreviation: | KDUP |
| Chairman: | Luo Xingguang |
| Leader1 Title: | Vice Chairman |
| Leader1 Name: | Yan Kyin Kan[1] |
| Headquarters: | Lashio, Shan State |
| Seats1 Title: | Seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw |
| Seats2 Title: | Seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw |
| Country: | Myanmar |
The Kokang Democracy and Unity Party (KDUP) is a political party in Myanmar (Burma) representing the interests of the Kokang Chinese and the administration in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.[2]
History
The party contested four constituencies in the 1990 general elections, receiving 0.07% of the vote and failing to win a seat. The KDUP was re-established in 2010. In the 2010 elections, it contested constituencies in Lashio, Kunlong and Hsenwi Townships in Shan State, but again failed to win a seat.[3] [4]
The KDUP contested one House of Nationalities seat in the 2012 by-elections, Shan State's Constituency No. 3, fielding party's chairman, Luo Xingguang, who was believed to have ties to drug traffickers Lo Hsing Han and Liu Guoxi.[5] [6] In the 2015 elections the party succeeded in winning a seat in the House of Representatives and one seat in the Shan State Hluttaw.
Notes and References
- News: Aung . Ei Cherry . Yan Kyin Kan: 'Many Kokang people are afraid of politics' . 21 January 2021 . Myanmar Now via Frontier Myanmar . 13 May 2016.
- News: Kokang Democracy and Unity Party. 20 November 2010. Election 2010. Mizzima. 2 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120407034955/http://mizzima.com/political-pro/new-parties/kdup.html. 7 April 2012.
- News: All legislatures. 2010. 2010 Election Watch. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120101081201/http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Results/Overall.php. 1 January 2012. dead.
- Web site: Kokang Democracy and Unity Party. 2010. 2010 Election Watch. Alternative Asean Network on Burma. 2 April 2012. 29 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151029171612/http://www.altsean.org/Research/2010/Key%20Facts/Parties/Kokang%20Democracy%20and%20Unity%20Party.php. dead.
- News: Kokang party leader kin to "King of Opium". 26 October 2010. Shan Herald Agency. 2 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120331123023/http://www.shanland.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3264%3Akokang-party-leader-kin-to-king-of-opium&Itemid=301. 31 March 2012.
- News: Proxy parties galore in Shan State. 15 October 2010. Shan Herald Agency. 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608075843/http://shanland.mongloi.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3246:proxy-parties-galore-in-shan-state&Itemid=301. 8 June 2019. dead.
