Myanmar Junta’s USDP Naypyitaw Chair Vows to Hunt and Destroy Arakan Army Chief

The Naypyitaw chief of the junta’s proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has vowed to hunt down and bomb Arakan Army (AA) chief Tun Myat Naing, vowing to eradicate the ethnic armed group.

USDP Naypyitaw chair Hla Swe, widely known by his nickname “Bullet,” made the remarks in a social media video posted Monday, as the regime intensifies its military offensive in Rakhine, where it has lost 14 of the state’s 17 townships to the AA.

Hla Swe is running for election in Naypyitaw’s Pobbathiri Township and is one of dozens of former military officers contesting the junta’s planned December-January election under the USDP banner.