Min Aung Hlaing, who needed Beijing’s support to end armed conflicts in northern Shan State, handed his old friends over to China in Naypyitaw.

Clearly the loyalty demonstrated is strictly self interest.

Myanmar military, which collects some 50 percent of the US$192 million earned by the BGF annually from the Shwe Kokko project

That is both a tremendous amount of money and not enough money to justify the human suffering. But more importantly is the BGF being a proxy worth the 50% cut?