The Karen-Burman riots of WWII (6)

This post continues with the translation of chapter 5 of the text ပြည်တွင်းသောင်းကျန်းမှုသမိုင်း (အပိုင်း-၁) (The History of Revolt within the Country - Volume 1), published by the Myanmar Ministry of Information in 1990. The chapter runs 8 pages from page 21 to page 28. The translation below covers the sixth page (page 26) of the chapter, up to the sub-heading of the right-hand column. I included the translations of the final pages of this chapter (the end of 26, as well as 27 and 28), continuing on from this sub-heading in an earlier post here. The complete chapter is available in PDF form here.

Vocabulary:

စစ်ပြေး ။ war refugees [တပ်ပြေး? deserters?]
ချုံခိုတိုက် ။ to ambush
အပြန်အလှန် ။ reciprocally; mutually
လက်စားချေ ။ to avenge; to take revenge
သွေးဆူ ။ hot-blooded; be in a fury; be agitated; be infuriated
အခြမ်း ။ half; segment
ကညွတ် ။ asparagus
ငြိမ်ဝပ် ။ (of people) be still, quiet, calm, peaceful
အကြွင်းအကျန် ။ left-overs; remnants
ပိပြား ။ be prim; be demure
အညံ့ခံ ။ to submit; surrender

Translation:

On the day of April 10th 1942, Saka Gyi Town's BIA administrative organisation chairperson Thakin Hla Gyi, Defense Commander Thakin Hla Aung and administrative members such as Ko Win Ni, Ko Kyaw Win, Ko Kyaw Nyein from Kanu Gyi Village arrived at Kana Kale Village and searched for Kayin war deserters. The confiscated an old gun that was held with a license. Kayin leaders spoke good accepting words and said that there were no Kayin deserters. As the BIA administrative organisation was leaving from the village armed Kayins ambushed [them] and only Ko Aung Nyein escaped with an injury and Thakin Hla Gyi and all of the BIA administrative organisation members were killed.

Because of that occurrence Burmans who held many kinds of knives, spears and guns set Kana Kale Village alight on April 14th. In that way, as mutual vengeances continued to emerge Kayin and Myanmar leaders worked hard with all their strength to put an end to the riots. However, the Kayin leaders were not able to contain the Kayin deserters and the BIA leaders could not contain the hot-blooded Burmans. However, because the BIA units continuously assailed and marched towards the Kayin deserters gradually retreated from the western segment of the delta to the Rakhine side.

The ethnic riot that started from the jurisdiction of Myaung Mya spread broadly across the whole of the Delta, and conflict emerged in Papun and spread to Taungoo.

Thirty Comrades member Bo Nya Na ("Asparagus Field" Thakin Maung Maung) went from Yangon Town to Bilin in accordance with the instructions of the military headquarters. Continuing the journey via Bilin he arrived in Papun on March 22nd 1942. Bo Nya Na together with a BIA unit conducted peace initiatives. And in the jurisdiction of Papun there were remaining Kayin deserters. On April 4th 1942, when some of the remaining deserters under the control of an English unit ambushed the BIA unit Bo Nya Na was killed. The BIA soldiers followed after and attacked the Kayin deserters and the Kayin deserters fought back without submitting. With the fighting between the Kayin deserters and BIA units expanding, the conflict crossed from the Than Daung jurisdiction to the Taungoo side. However, Taungoo Thakin Than Pe's group of people and BIA leaders gathered with the Kayin leaders in Taungoo
and blocked the riots.