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In Chin State, following the appointment of a new Minister of Security and Border Affairs, the Military Council has initiated military preparations in several townships, indicating a potential escalation in military actions in the region, according to Chin resistance forces.
With the regime suffering heavy casualties and ongoing defections, the move is an acknowledgment that the junta cannot defeat the nationwide resistance movement.
Defections from Myanmar security forces to the anti-junta opposition have dropped significantly, according to People's Embrace, an organization supporting defectors established by the opposition National Unity Government, as well as ethnic opposition groups and defectors. They point to tightened security and stricter regulations in Myanmar's military, as well as inadequate protection and support for defectors…