The BGF troops, led by Colonel Saw Chit Thu, are cooperating with the military council. Near the Thai-Myanmar border town of Myawaddy. About 10 miles to the north, Shwe Kokko new Town Project is being built next to the Thaungyin River. New city Shwe Kokko is an online fraud business. It is famous for its online gambling business.
That’s why Thai military leaders visited Nay Pyi Taw at least 2 times and asked the military council to crack down on gambling circles. last 2023 In December, during the visit of the Royal Thai Army Joint Operations Director Lt. Gen. Nay Pyi Taw, it was learned that the leader of the military council agreed to crack down on online fraudulent gambling activities near Myawaddy.
After the military agreed to crack down on online gambling on the Thai-Myanmar border, the BGF has gradually withdrawn from the military. Karen State Border Guard BGF leader, Colonel Saw Chit Thu said that the BGF group “will no longer request salary, rations, and benefits from the military council.” In addition, we heard that “we will carry our own weapons, we will not fight with each other, we will not oppose the operations of the military council, we will not cooperate, but we will continue to take responsibility for the security of the region and the city as before.”
Therefore, on the morning of January 19th, Minister of Information Maung Maung Ohn of the Military Council, Karen State Chief Minister Saw Myint Oo’s administrative team and Border Guard Colonel Saw Chit Thu held a brief meeting at Saw Chit Thu’s home in Kyar Inn village, Hlaingbwe township.
At the meeting, Minister of Military Council Information Maung Maung Ohn asked to review the issue of separating from the Military Council. In here, we can see the lack of trust between the military council and the BGF.
After the military coup, the BGF forces became the military council’s main forces fighting in Karen State. Also, in the current situation, the military became weak.
Therefore, on the morning of January 23rd, Soe Win the Vice President of the Military Council came by helicopter. It is reported that he met and negotiated with BGF leader Saw Chit Thu. At the time of the meeting, BGF leader Saw Chit Thu was promoted to the rank of Major General and appointed as “Commander of Regional Operations “which had never existed before.
The same kind of thing happened in the Regional Command Headquarters (Lokkai). China is working in joint venture with the military, an arrest warrant was issued for the family of Ming Xuechang and Bai Suocheng, the leader of the Kokang Militiary Group, which is the army’s reserve force. At this time, the army was no longer allowed to set foot in the Kokang region after the 3 northern alliances started the fight against online gambling and eradicating the military dictatorship.
Now, the pressure on Thailand’s government and the demand to crack down on online gambling in the Thai-Myanmar border area has been a pressure on the military, and Saw Chit Thu, who knows this, is working to remove it. I think that the BGF leader Saw Chit Thu already knew that there was a process in the past where the entire Laukkai surrendered. Therefore, I see that the best way for the BGF troops is to separate from the army.
Yours Sincerely,
Naung Yoe