KIA Destroyed LID-88 after Killing the Commander

       (Based on the posts from the MYANMAR AMERICAN NEWS on April 13, 2024.)

The Magwe-based LID-88 recently deployed to the Kachin State since last year has been demolished by the overwhelming forces of KIA (Kachin Independence Arm). The Myanmar Divisional Commander was killed recently and the remnants of the LID-88 were being chased around for a while and finally KIA has released the video of the capture of one Tactical Commander, Colonel Hein Htet Aung, on April-13.

Traditionally a light infantry division of Myanmar Army has three tactical commands and each tactical command has four infantry battalions. Colonel Hein Htet Aung was the last surviving tactacl commander of LID-88 and his capture after the total defeat of his Tactical Command confirms the complete demise of notorious LID-88.

According to the KIA’s announcement, Colonel Hein Htet Aung leading his 170-strong war column was ambushed by the combined KIA/PDF forces at undisclosed location inside war-ravaged Kachin State on April-11. 109 of his war column had surrendered to the KIA/PDF attackers at the conclusion of the battle while the rest were killed except the Colonel.

He escaped unhurt but later on April-12 was found hiding alone inside a shallow ditch on a small rice farm by local Kachin farmers and the KIA/PDF troops then captured him alive. He was found without his uniform, pistol, and any communication device.

He initially lied to his captors that he was just a battalion commander but they later discovered he was the last Tactical Commander of doomed LID-88. He was once reported by the Burmese media as being passed away of a heart attack on April-6.