On April 4, Kya Shai Hla, Chairman of the Bandarban Hill District Council and Convener of the Peace Establishment Committee, announced the suspension of peace negotiations with the militant outfit Kuki-Chin National Front (KCNF) during a press conference held at the Bandarban Hill District Council in the Bandarban District of Chittagong Division, reports Dhaka Tribune. Earlier, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and the Police had declared that the KCNF was responsible for the bank robberies in Ruma and Thanchi in the district on two consecutive days.