A devout Buddhist, Soe Win upped the persecution against the predominantly Christian Chin when he was the Northwestern Regional Commander in
We hear: Soe Win was once quoted as saying at a local gathering of the USDA in Prome that “the SPDC not only will not talk to the NLD but also would never handover power to the NLD.”
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General Thura Shwe Mann
Gen Thura Shwe Mann is the Defense Services Chief of Staff. He graduated from the
A year later he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and conferred the title ‘Thura’ for his bravery in action against Karen insurgents at their headquarters in Manerplaw, during his time as a regiment commander.
In 1991 he was promoted to colonel and became one of the tactical operations commanders of the Light Infantry Division, or LID, 66 based in Prome. In 1996, he was named a brigadier general and appointed as the commander of the elite LID 11, based in Htauk Kyant, 32 km west of
In 1997 he was appointed Commander of the Southwest Regional Command in Bassein. In 2000, he became a permanent member of the junta.
In 2001, he was transferred to the Ministry of Defense and named Joint-Chief of Staff of the armed forces. The following year, he was assigned to the newly created position of ‘Tatmadaw Nyi Hnying Kutkae Yay Hmu’ which authorized him to supervise the Army, Navy and Air Force commanders, the commanders of the four Bureaus of Special Operations, and the Commander of the Rangoon Command. In 2003, he was promoted to general.
Regarded as a loyal mililtary servant, Shwe Mann has earned the trust of senior and junior officers in the armed forces. Some suggest that Shwe Mann has been groomed to replace Than Shwe as Commander in Chief.
We hear: This year, Shwe Mann’s son married the daughter of prominent businessman Zaykabar Khin Shwe. At a lavish wedding party held in the Sedona Hotel, the keys to more than 50 new vehicles were presented as gifts.
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Lieutenant-General Thein Sein
Recently appointed Secretary-1, Thein Sein was the Commander of the Triangle Regional Command in 2001, considered one of the most vital military positions. There he dealt with local drug lords in
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