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Counter-Insurgency Operation: Deputy Director and Relations Department

counter-insurgency operation: Maung Maung Soe was transferred from his post as head of Western Command in Rakhine, where Myanmar's military, known as the Tatmadaw, launched a sweeping counter-insurgency operation in August, according to CBC. I don't know the reason why he was transferred, said Maj.-Gen. Maj.-Gen. Aye Lwin, deputy director of the psychological warfare and public relations department at the Ministry of Defence. Did the UN ignore warnings of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar Some 600,000 refugees later, Ottawa digs in on dealing with Myanmar on Rohingya crisis The move comes ahead of the visit on Wednesday by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is expected to deliver a stern message to Myanmar's generals, over whom national leader Aung San Suu Kyi, criticized in the West for failing to halt atrocities, has little control. He wasn't moved into any position at present; he has been put in reserve. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.