 Then on 25 September, two police stations and a military outpost were attacked by 30 gunmen in a coordinated series of attacks.The secretary-general of the insurgent Karen Nation Union Mahn Sha told "The Irrawaddy" that he believed Surayud will honor his word to return power to the people, and steer the country in the right direction.Many Burmese refugees will have fond memory of Surayud who, as army chief under Chuan Leekpai's Democrat government in 1998, endorsed a policy of not pushing back refugees who fled from war and persecution in Burma.