China's influence on neighboring countries is still quite large, and just after the border military exercises, the Myanmar side directly controlled and investigated the deputy defense minister who was deeply involved in the fraud syndicate in northern Myanmar. I didn't expect that the Chinese side didn't have to do anything at all, as long as it used its mouth, it could make the Myanmar side cooperate so much and win down its senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense.
According to Jiefangjun Bao, on April 2, according to the annual training plan, the Southern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army organized army and air force units to hold a joint live-fire exercise on our side of the China-Myanmar border. Judging from the location shown by public coordinates, the exercise was on the Chinese side, opposite Kachin State, where Burmese ethnic local armed forces are entrenched.
Recently, the conflict in northern Myanmar has been rekindled, and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) has even captured the Burmese authorities' ports. There is no doubt that this poses a certain threat to the safety of the lives and property of China's border residents, so the PLA organizes annual planned exercises. The report also mentioned that China calls on all parties to the fighting in northern Myanmar to hold peace talks as soon as possible, and is willing to provide assistance to the peace process to the best of its ability.
It can be seen that the PLA's current exercise is aimed at the current tense situation in northern Myanmar, which has the meaning of both a warning and a clear bottom line, that is, it must not cross the border and harm the safety of Chinese citizens, even if it is a stray bullet.
From 2023 to the present, almost all of them are fighting, and after basically eliminating the forces of fraud groups in northern Myanmar, local armed forces such as the Allied Army, the Defense Army, the Arakan Army, and the Karen National Army have pursued the victory, dissatisfied with the governance of the Myanmar military government, and want to force Min Aung Hlaing to step down by means of armed strikes.
Although several armed forces signed an armistice agreement in Kunming under the coordination of the Chinese side in the early stage, the Kachin Independence Army is still exchanging fire with the Burmese government army. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and it is not only fighting fiercely with the Burmese government army, but also burning the flames of war to the Sino-Burmese border.
Therefore, the Chinese side held a live-fire exercise on the border to warn the Kachin Independence Army and the Burmese authorities that it is not up to me how you want to fight me, but we must not continue to expand the conflict, otherwise we will not have good fruit to eat. If you dare to create an incident, then the PLA will inevitably give you a look.
What I didn't expect was that as soon as the Chinese side carried out the military exercises, the Myanmar authorities directly "attacked the tiger", and its deputy defense minister was investigated for being involved in a fraud syndicate. Myanmar Today reported that at the request of the Chinese side, Myanmar's deputy defense minister, Maj. Gen. Aung Limtun, is under investigation in Naypyidaw, and sources say it may be related to some previous cases in the Kokang region. It can be speculated that there were crimes such as human trafficking, intentional abuse and homicide, and drug trading in the Kokang area that were either involved in fraud or related to fraud syndicates, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Major General Aung Limton was the umbrella of the fraud industry in northern Myanmar.
You know, this plot is comparable to the plot in the Wolf Warrior movie, and it is more powerful than Wolf Warrior. Especially when fraud was rampant in northern Myanmar before, the Internet and public opinion were full of trolls and "haters of the country", all attacking and satirizing the wolf warriors, and some good people deliberately asked why Wu Jing did not rescue those who were deceived in northern Myanmar. A few years ago, a term satirizing this phenomenon appeared on the Internet, called "Wolf Warrior PTSD", which means that these people always have to talk about Wolf Warrior when they encounter any international events and foreign news, so as to satisfy their bad taste of singing about China.
However, with the continuous efforts of Chinese diplomacy, the police, and the People's Liberation Army, not only the notorious fraud industrial park in northern Myanmar was dismantled, but also many compatriots were rescued, and those who were willing to become accomplices in the fraud were also repatriated to China for trial. Now all the groups that ridicule the wolf warrior on the Internet have disappeared, because the Chinese government has really done its job of rescuing its compatriots and cracking down on fraud! In addition, Aung Lington was investigated by the Burmese authorities this time, which is really more powerful than the wolf warrior.
Of course, as we all know, China has never taken the initiative to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, this is the investigation of the Myanmar police and military itself, and what China has been doing is only cooperating with Myanmar to crack down on wire fraud, at most, the Myanmar authorities have "responded positively to China's concerns", or China has submitted any substantive materials or evidence to the Myanmar side.
So, apart from the objective role played by the Chinese military exercise, why did the Burmese military junta arrest and interrogate Aung Limtun at this time? You must know that the vice minister of defense is not a small official, and the Burmese side must have a behind consideration when he directly took him down.
First, Aung Linton should have collected enough evidence to confirm the crime, even if there are forces that want to protect him, they don't have so much energy. Previously, the four major family criminal groups in northern Myanmar have been arrested and handed over to the Chinese government for interrogation, which is very likely to have evidence of the high-level protective umbrella of the Myanmar military junta, and it is reported that Aung Linton has been involved in cyber money laundering and other crimes in the Kokang area.
Second, the Burmese junta took this opportunity to make overtures to China and wanted to gain China's support. Although Min Aung Hlaing's military junta is now in power, the protracted armed conflict in northern Myanmar and the repeated provocations and resistance of ethnic and local armed forces have really caused a headache for the junta.
Therefore, as far as the situation facing the Burmese junta is concerned, the only way to do this is for the Chinese side to intervene again to mediate, so that it can give itself a chance to breathe, and if this continues, the Kachin Independence Army will continue to cause trouble. However, it is entirely possible for the Myanmar side to engage in "gecko tail cutting" and "bending into a trick", using a major general and deputy minister as a scapegoat to excuse its previous mistakes.
In short, in any case, Min Aung Hlaing's junta is willing to show its "sincerity" to the Chinese side by offering Aung Lim Tun as a "sacrifice flag", and even intends to exchange this for China's support. It also shows that the Chinese government is fully capable of deterring the small people in its vicinity, and its determination to protect the safety of Chinese citizens is unwavering.