{"id":8387,"date":"2025-12-01T05:27:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/?p=8387"},"modified":"2025-12-01T05:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T22:57:42","slug":"with-tnla-as-escort-junta-troops-re-enter-and-take-positions-inside-mogok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2025\/12\/with-tnla-as-escort-junta-troops-re-enter-and-take-positions-inside-mogok\/","title":{"rendered":"With TNLA as escort, junta troops re-enter and take positions inside Mogok"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 Viewpoint of 29 November<\/strong>
(MoeMaKa) 30 November 2025<\/p>\n

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With TNLA as escort, junta troops re-enter and take positions inside Mogok<\/h3>\n

One year and four months after the town was first captured, junta troops have now re-entered Mogok in full force on 28 November<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For the past month, the Ta\u2019ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)<\/strong>, which has been in charge of administering and controlling the town, has been implementing arrangements to hand Mogok back to the junta<\/strong>, with whom it signed a ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n

In the days leading up to the handover, TNLA notified the PDF units<\/strong> that had fought alongside it when Mogok was captured \u2014 the Mandalay PDFs and local Mogok-area PDFs \u2014 that they should pull out of the town<\/strong>, so that there would be no clashes when junta troops came in to take positions.<\/p>\n

Counting from 28 October<\/strong>, the date TNLA and the junta signed their ceasefire agreement, the junta\u2019s return to the town on 28 November<\/strong> comes exactly one month later. It can thus be inferred that both sides agreed to a one-month timetable<\/strong> for transferring control of Mogok.<\/p>\n

One of the main points of criticism is that TNLA did not openly consult or clearly inform its PDF allies<\/strong> about the details of how the town would be handed over. While it is true that TNLA led the offensive to capture Mogok, local PDF forces like MDY PDF and other Mogok PDFs fought side by side<\/strong>, and yet they were not properly briefed or consulted regarding the ceasefire terms and the handover.<\/p>\n

Relations between TNLA and the PDF units have not completely broken down, but it is difficult at this point to answer whether, and to what extent, joint operations and trust<\/strong> will be possible in the future.<\/p>\n

Some observers conclude that ethnic armed organizations tend to prioritize their own military and political strategy and their own organizational survival<\/strong>. At the same time, there is another way of looking at it: that they must distinguish between what is essential for holding their territory long-term<\/strong> and what is secondary, and sometimes make hard, unpopular decisions<\/strong> for the sake of practical outcomes.<\/p>\n

From some angles, people highlight pressure from China<\/strong>. Questions are being asked:<\/p>\n