Min Aung Hlaing’s regime is enabled by a handpicked crew of opportunists comprising failed politicians, self-serving advisers and monks corrupted by proximity to power.
Colonel Naing Bo Bo was honored along with monks and people close to the regime while others were awarded for their “outstanding performance” under military rule.
More than 2,500 Burmese were forced to flee to Thailand following an armed conflict between a rebel Karen ethnic group and the military regime in Burma.