Khun San Lwin, chairman of the Pa-O
Self-Administered Zone, speaks to The Irrawaddy in Ho Pong, Shan State. (Photo:
Kyaw Hsu Mon / The Irrawaddy)
HO PONG, Shan State — Khun San Lwin
serves as chairman of one of Burma’s six self-administered zones, where the
majority ethnic Pa-O population in Shan State were granted a degree of autonomy
under the 2008 Constitution.
