Local Militia Officer Behind Controversial Chinese Casino Hub on Thai-Myanmar Border Quits
Local Militia Officer Behind Controversial Chinese Casino Hub on Thai-Myanmar Border Quits BGF members on the Asia Highway in Myawaddy Township, Karen State / Kyaw Kha / The Irrawaddy 3.8k By Htun Htun 11 January 2021 YANGON—Major Saw Maw Tho, also known as Saw Mote Thone, who was the second-highest-ranking officer in the Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF), which is implementing a new city project with alleged ties to Chinese mafia on the Myanmar-Thai border, resigned on Saturday, according to sources with Myanmar’s military and the BGF. His departure comes amid tensions between the M...