From a fenced-off compound near the Myanmar line in northern Thailand, a renegade chief offers a somber perspective on Myanmar’s future, as the nation is severed separated by a military overthrow.
The chance of an extending common conflict in Myanmar is “high,” Gen. Yawd Serk said from his regulatory base in Chiang Mai territory.
“The world has changed. I see individuals in the urban areas will not surrender. Also, I see (overthrow pioneer) Min Aung Hlaing will not surrender. I think there is probability that common conflict may occur.”
Yawd Serk is experienced at going up against military rulers. He is administrator of the ethnic minority political association Rebuilding Chamber of Shan State (RCSS) and organizer of its outfitted wing, the Shan State Armed force (SSA), which controls huge pockets of land in Myanmar’s east. His is one of in excess of two dozen ethnic outfitted gatherings that have been battling against the Myanmar military – know as the Tatmadaw – and each other in the country’s borderlands for more noteworthy rights and self-governance, here and there for a very long time.
Since the military held onto power on February 1, ousting the chosen administration of Aung San Suu Kyi, large numbers of these radical gatherings – including the RCSS – have communicated support for peaceful cross country challenges junta rule, and censured the aimless ruthlessness and destructive utilization of power exacted on Burmese regular folks by junta-controlled fighters and police.
