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Applicants to Myanmar military academy dwindling, defecting officers say
Once a major recruitment site for hundreds of future officers annually, Mandalay is now putting forward less than two dozen applicants to the Defence Services Academy
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Three junta battalion commanders become highest ranking soldiers to defect since coup, says rebel group
The commanders, who all hold the rank of lieutenant colonel, surrendered to the Karen National Union
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Captain who ‘took part’ in campaign against Rohingya among latest defectors from Myanmar’s military
Nay Myo Thet is among at least seven police and soldiers who have joined the Civil Disobedience Movement in recent weeks
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Myanmar army lieutenant colonel defects to the resistance
The individual is among the highest ranking officers to have joined the Civil Disobedience Movement since the coup
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Two junta soldiers join PDF in Magway after deserting their posts
They are among a total of five who have defected from the military in Yesagyo Township since the coup, according to the PDF
