March 8, 2022

Captain Pyae Sone Oo waited deep into the night before making preparations to flee. His superiors had ordered him to gather 25 infantry soldiers under his command to attack anti-coup protesters the next morning.

But from his military base near the city of Dawei in southeastern Myanmar, the prospect of killing innocent civilians deeply troubled him.

“I knew that I could not command my soldiers to inflict such brutality on civilians,” the 30-year-old told Al Jazeera by phone.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/8/myanmars-army-defectors-describe-a-culture-of-abuse-and-fear