CNI News

27 May 2025

Territorial domination operations need to be carried out successfully, said the SAC chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

He said this while inspecting the military duty implementations of the Triangle Command in Kengtung, Shan State (East) on May 24, 2025.

“The forces need to be able to successfully carry out military operations, security, and territorial control tasks in the areas they are responsible for, and when it comes to regional security and national security, they need to always be careful and take it seriously,” he said. 

In addition, he said that the battalions and units under the command of the regional military headquarters would need to have full capabilities of combat capabilities and combat power.

In Myanmar, the Myanmar Tatmadaw ousted the NLD government on February 1, 2021, claiming that the NLD attempted to form a government without resolving the 2020 general election voter list dispute and the Myanmar Tatmadaw declared a state of emergency and is ruling the country.

Then some NLD leaders, some members of the Hluttaw, activists, and some EAOs are taking up armed struggle to overthrow the Myanmar Tatmadaw and the SAC. 

The armed conflict has spread across Myanmar, forcing more than 3 million people to flee their homes and burning down tens of thousands of homes.

Moreover, the Myanmar Tatmadaw has lost control of hundreds of military bases and more than 90 towns and cities.