Myanmars Military Junta loses Control of Western Border

14. December 2024

Jonathan Head and Burmese BBC describe, how Myanmars military junta lost the control of the border with Bangladesh. The insurgent Arakan Army took the Border Guard Police compound near Maungdaw and now controls the 270km dividing Myanmar from Bangladesh. Only the Rakhine State capital Sittwe is still in military hands. The Arakan Army is likely to be the first insurgent group to take complete control of a state in Myanmar.

The End of Chinese Godfathers in Laukkaing in Shan State

23. November 2023

Ming Zhenzhen and Ming Guoping in handcuffs, hold by Chinese police. Picture by Chinese Public Ministry

Jonathan Head of BBC describes, how online scam operations in the Wild West boom town Laukkiang in Shan State, near the border with China, were protected by Myanmars Military Junta and then terminated by rebel armys called Brotherhood Alliance and Chinese Police. Ming Guoping and Ming Zhenzhen are son and granddaughter of one of the powerful warlords who have run the town of Laukkaing for the past 14 years. The warlord himself - Ming Xuechang - died, Myanmars military said, he had taken his own life after being captured. Ming Xuechang was a henchman of Bai Suocheng, who heads one of the godfather families running criminal businesses in Laukkaing.


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