A Burmese Spy Comes in from the Cold
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A Burmese Spy Comes in from the Cold


By Aung Zaw JUNE, 2006 - VOLUME 14 NO.6


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As he explained, he and other agents were told to “lose our shadows,” and to treat those they had to track as “objects.”

 

“My face is just regular, and I can be anyone and just disappear in the crowd,” he added. Now, after lengthy debriefing sessions carried out by insurgents to whom he defected, he faces an uncertain future.

 

Kyaw Myint Myo told me that  MAS’s counter-intelligence department now had a plan to launch a “data thief project,” in which operatives would steal data from opposition groups both in Burma and outside. The Irrawaddy was on the project’s list, he said.

 

I didn’t need any more convincing that he had seen my photo before our meeting.



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