General Sao Yawd Serk assigned his deputy commander to preside over the ceremony on their military base at Doi Tai Lang in Shan State in Myanmar, opposite to Mae Hong Son’s Pang Ma Pha district. The armed former insurgent group in Myanmar expressed high respect for HM the Late King. In nearby Mae Hong Son province of Thailand, up to 5,000 Mae Hong Son residents travelled to the Muang Mae Hong Son Municipality Stadium to lay sandalwood flowers before the replica of the Royal Crematorium to pay respects to HM the late King. On the Western front, in Myamar’s Dawei, the Karen National Union (KNU) also laid sandalwood flowers before the late King’s portrait to pay tribute. They wished to hold the ceremony to pay respects to him for one last time, he said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 26, 2017 09:33 UTC