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Extra-judicial Killings Among Junta Troops

On 26 August 1999, 4 officers and men from company 4, Infantry Battalion 65 in Mongton were put in the guardhouse for drinking and fighting among themselves.

They were.

Captain Than Htoon, 39 (Deputy company commander)
Sgt. Soe Thaung, 40
Cpl. Soe Than, 37
Pvt. Htun Hlaing, 30

The four were reported to have connived with the jailer, Mya Thaung, to make an escape. But on their way to the Thai border, a disagreement arose among them, which resulted in Mya Thaung's killing of his fellow deserters.

However, on his return to unit, he was tied up, beaten and dragged until he died of his wounds, reported Maihoong on 3 September.