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Min Aung Hlaing talks tough as Myanmar’s armed forces face growing pressure

The Armed Forces Day parade in Naypyidaw was held at night for the first time [AFP]

Myanmar’s army chief Min Aung Hlaing has claimed young people are being tricked into supporting the resistance against the military, as anti-coup forces chalk up unprecedented advances.

Three years after seizing power in a coup, the military regime has suffered a series of major losses to an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups and anti-coup forces that launched a surprise offensive at the end of October last year.

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