The ceremony of honoring the Mon People Front Chairman Nai Aung Htoon was held in Pa-nga village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State in the morning of the April 29.
The honoring ceremony including eight agendas was held in front of his memorable grave in the premises of Kyat-Tain-Nyin Temple in Pa-nga village – the native land of Nai Aung Htoon, according to a member of Pa-nga Mon Literature and Culture Association who involved in the ceremony.
“The ceremony was held to remind the 42th anniversary of the decease of Nai Aung Htoon and led by the Pa-nga Mon Literature and Culture Committee. This ceremony is the sixteenth anniversary,” continued the committee member.
About 500 attendances including Mon senior monks, the Mon Democratic Party (MDP) Chairman Nai Ngwe Thein, the All Mon Regions Democracy Party (AMDP) Chairman Nai Janu Mon aka Nai Ngwe Thein, other Mon political leaders and the members of Thanbyuzayat Township Mon Literature and Culture Association presented at the ceremony.
The ceremony was started at the early morning after the foods were offered to the senior monks and Nai Ngwe Thein of the MDP and Nai Ngwe Thein (Nai Janu Mon) of the AMDP gave their speeches.
The MDP Chairman Nai Ngwe Thein who carried out his duty together with Nai Aung Htoon during the 1948-58 era of the Mon People Front said, “In the past, Mon people demanded their indigenous rights with armed revolution; however, now they continue their fight under the rule of law.”
“We have been materializing the three policies made by the former Mon People Front Chairman Nai Aung Htoon and Nai Ngwe Thein. They are freedom, self-determination and authentic (federal) union,” said the AMDP Chairman Nai Ngwe Thein (Nai Janu Mon).
Nai Aung Htoon led the Mon armed revolution in August, 1948 and he carried out his duty as the chairman of the Mon People Front which represented the all Mon nationals.
After that, in 1958, the Mon People Front operated under the rule of law and Nai Aung Htoon swore an oath on April 27, 1961 to be a Mon Affair Minister in the U Nu’s government. Moreover, he jointly served as the minister of the Relief and Resettlement Department and also carried out his duty in the Department of National Union.
After that, together with the Mon National Leader Nai Pho Cho, he contributed in the 33-member Delegation of Presidential Advisers of the Revolutionary Council of the Nay Win’s Government.
He passed away at the age of 57 at his home in Moulmein in about 7 am on April 29, 1970.
