The power struggles continued even after Htun Aung Gyaw and Than Win were replace . in1991 the power struggle contributed to the breakup of the ABSDF into two groups one led by Chairman Naing Aung and the other by Vice-Chairman Moe Thee Zun. Although the two groups reunited in 1997 they were never able to cooperate fully again. Amid these bitter power struggles leading members of ABSDF branches in northern Burma executed a number of people accused of spy-ing for the military government Sources close to the ABSDF later revealed that some of these people were executed merely because they did not get along with leading members Once the news about the ABSDF execution became public a number of western foundations including medecins sans frontieres and the internationnal rescue committee cut off funding in the late 1990 most grassroots