Military sources have confirmed that four cadet officers, including Cadet Officer Nan Win Aung from Hmawbi-based Infantry Battalion 91, were killed during battles in Pantaung Township, Bago Region. During February, the military council deployed the largest number of officer cadets and military trainees from Yangon-based Infantry Battalion 91 to engage in battles along the border of Rakhine and Bago regions in Pantaung Township.
According to a military deserter who escaped from the battles, more than 120 officers and soldiers from the military side were killed during the clashes in Pantaung Township. Among the deceased, Cadet Officer Nan Win Aung was the son of U Myint Win and Daw Nan Nan from RTC Ward, Seikanthlan Village in Minlan Township. Three other officer cadets from Seikanthlan Village who were deployed alongside him were also confirmed killed in the fighting.
The military council did not immediately inform families about the deaths of the cadet officers, waiting until March 23, more than a month after the incidents, to notify them. While they informed Nan Win Aung’s family about his death, they did not return his body. A memorial service was held at Nan Win Aung’s home in Minlan Township starting from March 23, with traditional funeral rites being performed.
According to internal military sources, Nan Win Aung was deployed to the Rakhine-Bago border area in Pantaung Township immediately after completing his officer cadet training at Infantry Battalion 91 in Hmawbi in February, where he was subsequently killed in battle. His father is a disabled military veteran, and his older brother is currently in Malaysia. The engagement in Pantaung Township along the Rakhine-Bago border resulted in the effective destruction of Infantry Battalion 91 as a fighting unit, with extremely high numbers of casualties and injuries reported among its ranks.
