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Myanmar Military-allied Karen Armed Group Commander Dies of COVID-19
Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Myint.
By The Irrawaddy 30 July 2021
A senior Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF) commander responsible for security at a controversial China-backed new city project near the Myanmar-Thai border has died of COVID-19. The Karen State BGF is an armed force backed by the Myanmar military.
Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Myint, the commander of BGF station 3 in Shwe Kokko, the site of the new city project, died Thursday at his home in Thingannyinaung in Myawaddy, Karen State, BGF spokesman Major Saw Tin Win told The Irrawaddy.
He was 60 and suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes. COVID-19 cases have been reported among BGF members, but the majority of people have recovered, said Maj Saw Tin Win.
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Myanmar Junta Scraps Charges Against Pro-Military, Ultranationalist Party Bosses
Michael Kyaw Myint. / Michael Kyaw Myint’s Facebook Daw Moe Moe Khaing. / Daw Moe Moe Khaing’s Facebook
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By The Irrawaddy 20 May 2021
Myanmar’s State Administrative Council (SAC), the military regime’s governing body, has released two pro-military ultranationalists who were arrested under the ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) administration for sedition in late January, just before the coup.
Michael Kyaw Myint, the general secretary of the ultranationalist Yeomanry Development Party (YDP), and Daw Moe Moe Khaing, a central executive committee member of the YDP, said on Facebook that charges against them were withdrawn at the instruction of the SAC on Tuesday.
Myanmar’s Failed Mutinies in History
The Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyitaw in 2018. / The Irrawaddy
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By The Irrawaddy 11 May 2021
After Myanmar’s military coup on Feb. 1, some military personnel have joined the civil disobedience movement and left the armed forces.
The National Union Government (NUG), a shadow cabinet formed to rival the military regime, has urged personnel to mutiny and join the NUG’s People’s Defence Force.
It is widely believed that a counter-coup by disgruntled military officers or a large-scale mutiny could resolve the crisis.
However, analysts say any major mutiny is unlikely because of the leadership’s tight grip on personnel, including their families. Generally, the immediate family of personnel live inside military camps.