A resistance leader in Myanmar turns himself in to the army after clashing with rival force
ABC News
A resistance leader in Myanmar has surrendered to the army after his group clashed with rival forces fighting against the military government
BANGKOK -- A prominent leader of an independent resistance group in Myanmar that had come under attack by rivals who are loyal to the mainstream opposition force has surrendered to the country’s military authorities, state media reported Thursday.
The surrender of Bo Nagar, a leader of the Burma National Revolutionary Army or BNRA, in the upper-central region of Sagaing was a dramatic reminder of fractures within the armed resistance movement, which has led to sporadic clashes over control of territory and administrative disputes.
Sagaing has been a stronghold of armed resistance since the the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021. After peaceful demonstrations were put down with lethal force, many opponents of the military rule took up arms, and large parts of the country are now enmeshed in civil war.
Thursday’s report in the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper said Bo Nagar, also known as Naing Lin, and family members contacted the military’s camp in Sagaing Region 's Pale township on Wednesday afternoon to “return to the legal fold.” State media showed photos of Bo Nagar along with several guns he had surrendered.
Multiple and detailed reports in independent Myanmar media said on Wednesday that Bo Nagar and several of his family members were airlifted by army helicopters from his stronghold in central Sagaing.
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