Twan Mrat Naing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Burmese insurgent, Arakanese rebel commander
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Place of Birth: Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar
About Twan Mrat Naing
- Major General Twan Mrat Naing, also spelled Tun Myat Naing (Burmese: ??????????????), is the commander in chief of the Arakan Army, an insurgent group based in Kachin State, Myanmar (Burma).Naing has led the Arakan Army since its founding in 2009, and maintains the rank of Major General.
- Naing is of Arakanese descent and resides in Laiza, Kachin State, where the Arakan Army's "temporary headquarters" are.
- During his teenage life he once thought of becoming a leader of Rakhine (formerly Arakan) State.
- Naing was born in Sittwe the state capital.
- He left for jade mining in Kachin State.
- He is one of twenty-six men to form the Arakan Army with a support from the Kachin Independence Army. In 2018, the clashes between Arakan Army and Burmese military was intensely increasing in Northern Rakhine State.
- Over 100 of Rakhine civilians were killed in conflict area.
- Most of them were get killed under torturing and illegal arresting by Myanmar Army.
- Once Arakan was independent kingdom, Most Rakhine people have felt discriminated by Bamar majority Burma including Twan Mrat Naing are fighting to have Justice and self-determination, Burma politics so called "Arakan Dream 2020".
- There are about 15,000 Arakan Army total casaulties under Twan Mrat Naing Leadership.
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