"The electrician from central Myanmar was part of an underground assassin squad that targeted security personnel and infrastructure tied to the military government in their city strongholds. Once detained, he knew his military captors would show little mercy. Arkar, who asked to use a pseudonym to protect his identity, said he endured weeks of torture in secret detention centres before being sentenced to three years at Insein Prison, Myanmar's most notorious jail."
"Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit has analysed leaked military documents, secret recordings and rare insider testimonies to expose how military leaders are struggling to defend Myanmar's largest cities from urban rebel groups, revealing the fighter forces, extrajudicial killings, and torture centres at the front lines of the country's civil war. Soldiers search the headquarters of Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) in Yangon after ousting the party from government in a coup in February 2021 [Stringer/Reuters]"
Leaked military documents, secret recordings and insider testimonies detail systematic efforts to crush underground rebel groups operating in Myanmar's largest cities. Urban resistance cells carried out targeted attacks on security personnel and infrastructure, using remote-controlled explosives and assassination squads. Captured fighters faced secret detention, weeks of torture, extrajudicial killings and harsh prison sentences at facilities like Insein Prison. Military leaders are struggling to secure city strongholds, prompting raids on political party headquarters and intensified counterinsurgency operations. The conflict has transformed urban spaces into front lines, with severe human rights abuses and escalating violence between state forces and urban guerrilla networks.
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