BGF spokesman Major Nai Maung Zaw said the Tatmadaw had advised the Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF) to carry out official businesses.

Colonel Saw Chit Thu of the Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF) submitted a resignation letter to the military’s South Eastern Command on January 8 after that the BGF battalion officers and soldiers followed the resignation. After the resignation, the Tatmadaw and the BGF met at the Southeast Military Headquarters on 15 January and reached a settlement.

During the meeting, the military advised them to do legal business. Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun of the Tatmadaw’s True News Information Team said that the military had told them not to engage in illegal business in uniform. He said the military could not formulate a policy on business and could only say no to illegal businesses.

The Kayin State Border Guard Force (BGF) has four units and 13 battalions, with a force of more than 7,000. The Tatmadaw and the BGF have a problem over the Shwe KokKo Myothit project, led by Colonel Saw Chit Thu, a leader of the Karen State Border Guard Force.