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| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person:createdAt | 2022-11-22 | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-57463 | ||||
Person:gender | male | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-57463 | ||||
Person:id | 092b6adea6ceb150b36d8d6c8efa5244ea6f0628 | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-57463 | ||||
Person:modifiedAt | 2025-05-13 | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-57463 | ||||
Person:name | Thet Pon | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-57463 | ||||
Person:nationality | mm | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-57463 | ||||
Person:notes | Additionally, military forces in the Yangon region committed violent acts and killings against peaceful protestors, such as the use of lethal force during anti-junta protests in Yangon’s Hlaing Tharyar township on 14 March 2021. Lieutenant General Thet Pon is the Commander of Bureau of Special Operation 6 (BSO 6) since January 2025 and was Commander of Bureau of Special Operations 5 (BSO 5) of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) from June 2020 to January 2025. Previously, he was Commander of the North Western Command until 2017 and the Yangon Regional Commander between 2017 and June 2020. As commander of BSO 6, Thet Pon commands and controls military forces in the area of Nay Pyi Taw. As Commander of BSO 5, Thet Pon commanded and controlled the military forces and the military tribunals in the Yangon Region. In March 2021, the State Administration Council introduced martial law in Myanmar, transferring executive and judicial power to the head of the relevant regional military commands. By July 2022, military tribunals in the Yangon Region sentenced 119 individuals to death, many of them for political reasons, including four members of the democratic opposition who were executed in the Yangon Region. In his capacity as Commander of BSO 6 and former Commander of BSO 5, Thet Pon is responsible for serious human right violations, for activities undermining democracy and the rule of law in Myanmar/Burma, as well as for actions that threaten the peace, security and stability of Myanmar/Burma. | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-57463 | ||||
Person:programId | SECO-MYANMAR | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-57463 | ||||
Person:topics | sanction | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-57463 | ||||