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The military defeat and loss of public confidence led to a surge in PDFs, with 573 PDFs, including AA, DPLA and KNDF, defecting in the eight days from March 19 to March 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the time the Tatmadaw first called for PDFs to defect until March 18, 2026, over a thousand PDFs defected, with the largest number coming in batches of nearly 200. However, on March 19, a record 506 PDFs, including many MDY PDFs, defected at the Central Military Command in Mandalay Region, carrying nearly 80 weapons and over 6,000 ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day after this record-breaking defect, on March 19, 22 AA and PDF members defected at the Southern Military Command with 13 weapons and less than 1,000 ammunition. On March 24, 26 men and one woman from the DPLA, KNDF, PNLO and PDF groups defected. A total of 27 people were arrested at the Eastern Military Command with ten weapons and ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, on March 26, ten members of the Arakan Army and eight PDFs were arrested at the Southwestern Military Command with five MA-1 assault rifles, one MA-3 assault rifle, one MA-11 assault rifle, one SIG SAUER pistol, nine 35-round cartridges, one SIG SAUER pistol cartridge, one BA-91 grenade, two 5.56 mm cartridges, two 7.62 mm cartridges, and twenty USA 380 AUTO cartridges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this way, 573 PDFs who surrendered to the Tatmadaw were returned to their parents and guardians, along with more than 100 weapons, It was also reported that more than 3 billion baht in subsidies were awarded for more than 7,000 rounds of ammunition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
#AA Terrorist #PDF #Exposed #mtnews<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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