Captured Junta Officer Says Demoralized Myanmar Military Will Lose ‘Everywhere’

The Myanmar military will continue to lose on the battlefield due to low morale and weak combat skills, according to a regime military officer who recently surrendered to the Arakan Army (AA).

Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Kyaw Thet commanded Strategic Team 992, formed under Light Infantry Division (LID) 99 and based in Yamethin Township, Mandalay Region.

The colonel and 20 troops—all that was left of his unit of over 360 soldiers—surrendered to the AA on Jan. 31 after the unit was defeated in battle by the ethnic armed organization in Ngape Township, Magwe Region.