this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2024
10 points (100.0% liked)

Myanmar or Burma

123 readers
4 users here now

This community is for articles and discussions about the land called Burma or Myanmar.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Breaking: A CDM captain said that SAC chair Min Aung Hlaing has been detained by Aung Lin Dwe. We can’t confirm the news yet but he’s not unreliable source either. Very big if true. We’ll update in this post if we receive more news.

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago

There's been reports of discontent within the military due to successive and overwhelming defeat they've been suffering at the hands of resistance factions. Expectations had been that there would be some sort of a coup. Indicating some validity to these rumors, Min Aung Hlaing had placed his former mentors and bosses former generals Than Swe and Thein Sein under security surveillance monitoring them and their families' movements. Even if this is just a rumor, it certainly is indicative of MAH's precarious position (or commonly referred to by Burmese as MAL or Ma Aye Loe or motherfucker).

[–] liam070@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The question is if that's a good thing. You don't get to be 2nd in command in a junta unless you know how to bring harm and misery to others. Do we know anything about this man's past?

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Change may bring surprises. What we know all of these men are hand-picked by MAL into these positions and were supposed to be loyal to him. So they are all of the same cloth and philosophy. Not expecting change but they may bring a new approach to the civil war but not to governance.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

Who woulda thought violent overthrowers might overthrow?