“A soldier who deserts is a life saved on the ground” – Liberation

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–Since the February 1 coup, around 6,000 police officers and 2,000 soldiers have joined opponents of the coup regime of Min Aung Hlaing. A support and funding network has been set up in a country plagued by widespread violence.–

On the surface, a simple police investigation and a normal press conference. On January 5, the deputy head of the Karenni State Police Force, Bo Bo, spoke in the media of opposition to the junta to recount, in great detail, the progress of his investigation into the “Christmas massacre” of Karen State. On December 25, Burma discovered with horror the photos of charred corpses and still smoking cars, taken on a road in this region on the Thai border. While the coup regime of Min Aung Hlaing accused the 35 victims of being terrorists and of having opened fire on a military roadblock, the National Unity Government (NUG), a parallel administration and torch of the resistance, officially dispatched Bo Bo and his team to the field to determine the exact causes of the incident and publish a report.

The procedure seems trivial, but it is actually exceptional. The Karen State Police are not like any other security force, being made up of resigners. The 300 police officers who co …

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