The Karenni number approximately 300,000. An alternate version of the flag of the Karenni States is reported to have equal width stripes, red, white and blue, with a central motif in black consisting of a central 12-pointed star surrounded by four frogs in an inner circle and four fish in an outer circle. Murray Menzies , Karenni Govt. Description comes from a photography. The flag is three horizontal stripes of red, white and blue, with the emblem in the center.
Several times is reported the same flag but with the central stripe double wide.
The official name of the country is the United Karenni independent States, but is abrreviated United States of Karenni. The states are Bawlake, Kyebogyi and Kantarawaddy. The emblem has four fish and four toad and a twelve pointed star. Reported as the flag of the Karenni State in a letter from George Pasch to Thanh-Tam Le dating from May 1982. The Lahu people number 200,000.