Irrawaddy-Jan 23
Myanmar’s regime has handed death sentences to three brigadier generals who surrendered to the Brotherhood Alliance at Laukkai in northern Shan State. The other three brigadier generals have been jailed for life, according to junta sources. On January 4, almost 2,400 regime troops, including more than 200 officers surrendered to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) in Kokang on the Chinese border. The MNDAA sent the soldiers and around 1,600 relatives back to the regime. Brigadier General Moe Kyaw Thu, the Laukkai headquarters chief, Brigadier General Tun Tun Myint, the acting chief of Kokang Self-Administered Zone, and Brigadier General Zaw Myo Win, the Division 55 commander, were given death sentences, according to junta sources. The three are reportedly being held at Insein Prison in Yangon. All six generals were charged under military law for “shamefully abandoning” their positions. Former army captain Kaung Thu Win, who joined the civil disobedience movement after the coup, told The Irrawaddy: “The military used to impose death penalties on soldiers who abandoned their posts. Laukkai was the largest defeat for the junta since the 2021 coup. The Brotherhood Alliance, which also includes the Arakan Army and Ta’ang National Liberation Army, launched Operation 1027 across northern Shan State on October 27 last year. The alliance has seized over 500 junta bases, including several headquarters, about 17 towns and vital trade routes with China across northern Shan State. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/defeated-myanmar-junta-generals-given-death-sentences.html
