After the 1962 coup in Myanmar, General Ne Win revamped the military intelligence apparatus, creating the powerful Directorate of Defence Services Intelligence (DDSI/MIS) which expanded beyond gathering information to spying on civilians. While it is believed that Ne Win received intelligence training from the Japanese Kempeitai, evidence suggests he actually studied at the Nakano School under the Imperial Japanese Army’s Second Bureau, leading to confusion about the origins of Myanmar’s intelligence organization. Despite claims linking Myanmar’s intelligence agency to the Kempeitai, it appears that the Burmese military received training from the IJA’s intelligence corps, blurring the true roots of the country’s military intelligence establishment.
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SCDF unveils Blue Dolphin, its latest marine rescue vessel
Read a summary of this article on FAST.Get bite-sized news via a newcards interface. Give it a try. Click here to return to FAST Tap here to return to FAST FASTSINGAPORE: The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) unveiled its latest marine rescue vessel, the Blue Dolphin, on Wednesday (Jun 25), marking a significant upgrade to Singapore’s maritime emergency response capabilities.The second-generation vessel will serve as SCDF's primary response asset for major incidents at sea, including...
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