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Myanmar’s conscription drive killing the junta from within
Major Kyaw Min Thant, commander of the junta’s Light Infantry Battalion 19, was killed by his bodyguard, a forcibly conscripted civilian from Bago Region, abducted five months earlier. The incident occurred in Hpapun Township, Karen State.
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