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ABSDF NEWS AGENCY (r)
Burma Update
April 27, 1996
SLORC Has Been Extending Its Military Might With Low Profile
SLORC appeared to have only ten military commands and ten divisions.
Nevertheless, according to the sources from Captain Kyaw Soe,Grade-3,
General Staff Officer, who was from Loikaw Regional Military Command and
defected the SLORC recently, in reality, in order to hoodwink the
international community, SLORC has been extending its military might with
low profile.
Prior to 1988, SLORC had only nine military commands and nine divisions.
Each division is composed of ten regiments. In 1991, it extended one
military command and one division. Following 1991, SLORC formed four
military divisions, called Regional Military Command, which is in the
same status of Division Military Command, in Tennasarium Division (
Mergui), Kayah State ( Loikaw), Shan State ( Kyein Ton) and Sagaing
Division ( Kalay). Moreover, at the end of 1995, SLORC extended a Coastal
Division Military Command in the southern part, a Triangle Division
Military Command in the eastern part of Burma, and 12 Strategic Military
Commands, comprising ten Regiments in each Command, which are in the same
status of Division Military Command, in the whole country. It also
extended two bases for the air force in Taungoo and Nam-San, one base for
the navy in Tennasarium. Consequently, up till now, SLORC has promoted
its number up to 400, 000 in comparison with 186, 000 soliders in 1988.
ABSDF News Agency ( Dawn Gwin)