Two anti-junta fighters in their 20s were executed in public in a village in Magwe Region and a video of the crime, which occurred about three months ago, was uploaded to social media on Tuesday and is circulating there.
They were burned alive after being hanged from a tree.
The video, first reported on by two local media outlets – and likely leaked to them – is narrated by a triumphant voice.
Resistance group Yaw Defense Force (YDF) said junta soldiers and allied Pyu Saw Htee militia members were responsible for the crime in Gangaw Township’s Myauk Khin Yan village.
It’s a stupid idea to execute resistance fighters like this because the actual execution will sprout more resistance. And burning to death? Oof, that’s not charming hearts and minds, no.
Juntas aren’t well known for their PR. They just want to inflict as much violence as possible because that’s the only way a military mind can think of achieving its goals.
That sounds about right.