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MANDALAY DIVISION – A sergeant from the Battlefield Engineer Battalion No. 910 assigned at Madaya Township defected to PDF with weapons and ammunition, stated the official of Yoma Yar Zar PDF Battalion 20.
Yesterday (June 30), Sergeant Win Maung from the Battlefield Engineer Battalion (910) in Aungmyay Tharzan Township defected, along with an MA 1 type gun and 239 rounds of ammunition, to Battalion No. 20 in Yinmabin District, stated the PDF battalion officer.
The defected Sergeant has contacted (through his brother) to defect to PDF since May 15 while he was posted at Thonesal Pay Village, Madaya Township and thus the PDF picked him up, said the official of Yinmabin District Battalion 20.
“We asked Pyin Oo Lwin PDF for help and the battalion commander himself led and brought the defected junta Sergeant to a safe place,” he said.
It is reported that Sergeant Win Maung will be rewarded with more than 8 million kyats and that he has been sent to a safe place.
PDF forces are currently conducting an offensive in Madaya Township, where the defected sergeant used to serve, and the military council is suffering a large number of casualties.