The jailing of the unlikely regime critic, a classmate of the junta's No. 2, follows the purges of three other generals, sparking talk of a power tussle in Naypyitaw.
The troops surrendered with their weapons to PDF and Karen forces after clashes in Kyaikmayaw in which a police station and a junta outpost at a bridge were seized.
Sean Turnell, a former aide to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who was jailed along with her after the coup, details his 650 days in a Myanmar prison in a new book.
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The rebel army is urging regime personnel in the state to surrender if they want to see their families again.
Kyaw Swar Lin's blind obedience to Min Aung Hlaing has placed him in pole position to replace the junta leader as military supremo, analysts say. 
Junta troops in Loikaw are blocking evacuation efforts and targeting civilian areas with artillery and airstrikes, residents and volunteers say. 
The Chin National Front says resistance forces have occupied two regime camps in Reh Khaw Da on the main road to India.
The jailing of the unlikely regime critic, a classmate of the junta's No. 2, follows the purges of three other generals, sparking talk of a power tussle in Naypyitaw.
The troops surrendered with their weapons to PDF and Karen forces after clashes in Kyaikmayaw in which a police station and a junta outpost at a bridge were seized.
Sean Turnell, a former aide to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi who was jailed along with her after the coup, details his 650 days in a Myanmar prison in a new book.
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