Army Defectors
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Myanmar army officer returns to military after defecting to resistance
Other defectors decry the lieutenant-colonel as a ‘traitor’ after he appears in a junta propaganda video discouraging troops from joining the Civil Disobedience Movement
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A tale of two defections
Two defectors who entered the military in their teens recall what it took for them to finally break its hold on their lives
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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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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
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Army deserter in Dawei shot dead and three others arrested, local says
Five troops were allegedly tracked down the same night they fled LIBs 401 and 402; only one is believed to have escaped
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