Ex-Brigadier General Ohn Thwin, a vocal junta supporter and former ambassador to several countries, is the most senior junta figure to be assassinated in nearly a year.
New governor Daw Than Than Swe and her team, including ex-military officers, are expected to merely rubber stamp the junta’s erratic and damaging financial directives.
The movement to restore democracy has evolved into deadly warfare between a ruthless, well-supplied military and a broad but poorly armed resistance movement.