Myanmar's Dictators Have Always Relied on a Brutal Secret Police Force
Military intelligence has operated under a variety of names during a number of different dictatorships, but its terror tactics remain the same.
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Military intelligence has operated under a variety of names during a number of different dictatorships, but its terror tactics remain the same.
According to reports, approximately 300 troops of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) have recently entered the Mong Yaw region of Lashio District, located in Shan State. Locals told the Shan Herald that a UWSA column of nearly 300 troops entered the Mong Yaw region of Lashio District on the west side of the Salween River from the east of the Salween River this week. "Wa troops
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