MAGWAY DIVISION – According to a member of Nat Mauk Township Revolution Force, Major Basai from No. 2 Main Communication Battalion between Shwe Pan Taw and Gway Kone Village was shot and reportedly died on the spot.
On February 24, at about 6:30 a.m., in Nat Mauk Township, Major Basai came out on a motorcycle to Tharmyer Station to go by train to Bagan. About one furlong south of Gwayong village, the revolutionary forces opened fire on him who was traveling in civies, and he died on the spot.
It is said that Nat Mauk Township’s revolution forces received the information about the junta major’s travel and waited in advance to eliminate him.