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Myanmar Junta Puts Leaders of Old Regime Under Surveillance (www.irrawaddy.com)

submitted 1 year ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/myanmar@lemmy.ca

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Myanmar’s military regime has placed former senior military leaders—including ex-dictator Than Shwe and former President Thein Sein—under surveillance, sources close to the matter said.

They confirmed that current junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has directed his security forces in Naypyitaw to monitor not only the retired senior leaders of the previous regime and the quasi-civilian government that followed it, but also members of their households.

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[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is extremely significant development. It shows how insecure Min Aung Hlaing is. He fears his former mentors are going to take back the reins and stage a coup to put someone else in power.

As a reminder, it was Thein Sein who picked Min Aung Hlaing as chief of the military in 2010 that's set us onto this path.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a map of the current division in the country? I know things are very fluid, and alliances are changing, but I think a visual resource would be really helpful too

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

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