MAGWAY DIVISION: A police lance corporal and two policemen patrolling near Nyaung Gyitpin village, at the border of Myaing Township, Magway division lost their way and were caught alive, as said by the Myaing People’s Defence Force based in Monywa.
The police lance corporal Wai Lwin Tun and the policeman Hein Htet Aung from Thayet Myoma Police Station and the policeman Aung Lin Tun from Minhla Myoma Police Station were caught alive at about 3 p.m. on December 24.
“They are performing the night sentry duty without weapons. While they are going out, they closely encountered the members of the People’s Defence Force and being inspected. They were found out as policemen,” said Bo Letyar from Myaing People’s Defence Force.
The caught policemen admitted that they were cheated through the Magway Division Police Office to attend the training at No. (101) Military Division in Pakkoku. However, they were forced to perform sentry duties and deploy the military actions in the region instead of attending training.
The action of catching those policemen was cooperatively carried out by Myaing People’s Defence Force and PDF Kamma. Currently three of them are being investigated, according to Bo Letyar.