Major General Tin Soe (Burmese: တင်စိုး, died 2 August 2024) was a Burmese military officer. From 2019 to 2021, he served as the military attaché for the Myanmar embassy in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2] Following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'etat, he returned to Myanmar and was promoted to the rank of brigadier general. From August 2021 to July 2022, he was deployed to the Eastern Command headquarters in Taunggyi, Shan State.[3] In December 2021, troops from the Eastern Command committed the Mo So massacre, which killed 44 civilians.[2] In August 2022, Human Rights Watch reported that Tin Soe trained at the Joint Staff College, which is run by the Ministry of Defense (Japan).[2] In September 2022, the Japanese government announced it was suspending training programs for the Burmese military starting in 2023.[4][5]
Tin Soe | |
|---|---|
တင်စိုး | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Burma (now Myanmar) |
| Died | 2 August 2024 Hmawbi Airport, Yangon, Myanmar |
| Cause of death | Helicopter crash |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Myanmar |
| Branch/service | Myanmar Army |
| Rank | Major General |
Tin Soe, by the head of the Air Force chief’s office, was killed in a helicopter crash at Hmawbi Air Base in Yangon on 2 August 2024.[6][7]
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edit- ^ "Myanmar Tatmadaw delegation arrives back home from Japan". MDN - Myanmar DigitalNews. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Myanmar: Japan-Trained General Linked to Abusive Forces". Human Rights Watch. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Japanese-Trained Myanmar Army General Involved in Massacre, HRW Says". The Irrawaddy. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Japan to Stop Training Myanmar Military Officers". The Irrawaddy. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Japan to Suspend Myanmar Military Training Program". Human Rights Watch. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
- ^ "Accident , Friday 2 August 2024".
- ^ "Myanmar Junta Blames Weather for Helicopter Crash". The Irrawaddy. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.