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🇲🇲Myanmar's Spymaster Named New Military Chief On March 30, General Ye Win Oo was appointed commander-in-chief of Myanmar's military, becoming the first intelligence chief to hold the position. The 60-year-old previously served as Chief of Military Security Affairs and personally led the contingent of troops that detained then-leader Aung San Suu Kyi during the February 2021 coup. Analysts and a military defector describe Gen Ye Win Oo's selection as driven primarily by his close personal and family ties to outgoing commander General Min Aung Hlaing. Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who shed his uniform following a widely criticized December 2025 election, is expected to assume the presidency and will require the military's continued support in that role. Gen Ye Win Oo's rise through the ranks, including his 2020 appointment as intelligence chief, is attributed to Gen Min Aung Hlaing's patronage. UN investigators have separately accused Myanmar's security forces of systematic torture and killings during interrogations — abuses documented in a 2025 report by the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar. #Myanmar @asianomics