Narinjara News
Cox’s Bazar, May 25
Army officer arrested for the killing of 3 deserters
An army officer was arrested
in the district town of
Captain That Oo, from Light
Infantry Battalion, LIB, 535, is now being interrogated in a military tribunal
under the Sakhaka 15, a military operation planning
bureau based in Buthidaung, for his involvement in
this killing.
According to army sources,
captain That Oo was accused of giving an order to a platoon to kill the three
deserters after arresting them with their arms and ammunitions in a remote
village.
The platoon led by sergeant U
Hla Thein killed them on
the way to Aung Thapray outpost from Don Nyo village, a western border village in
The three deserters were
captured by a column of the Burmese army in the remote
The deserters were identified
as private Soe Kyaw Kyaw, Soe Min Let and Tun Tun, all of whom served their
duty in the LIB-535, which was operating in the area along the border with
It has been learnt that in
the past the Burmese army there has not punished officers for the
extra-judicial execution of deserters who have fled with arms and
ammunitions.
If Captain That Oo is charged
with and convicted of killing the three men, it would be become the first time
an army officer has been punished for such a crime, said a teacher from Buthidaung.#
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