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539 Light Infantry Battalion

Based on 11 claims made by 15 sources, 539 Light Infantry Battalion existed from at least some date between 2007/5/1 and 2007/5/31 to at least 2022/3/24.

During its existence this unit had at least 0 commanders & other personnel, 1 directly superior units, and 0 subordinate units. At various points in time, 539 Light Infantry Battalion, was seen in 3 locations.

According to sources there are 1 incidents which 539 Light Infantry Battalion is directly named as a perpetrator, as well as 0 incidents which name a subordinate unit as the perpetrator. Additionally, 1 incidents happened in locations which overlapped with sites and/or areas of operations of the unit.

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Commanders & Other Personnel

Based on our sources, 0 people held positions with 539 Light Infantry Battalion throughout time.

0 chains (page 1/1)

Chains of Command

Sources establish claims about the chain of command, commanders, the sites and areas of operations of units, and incidents through time. Security Force Monitor organizes these claims into structured data. The linkages in time between these claims time-bound periods are inferred according to the Monitor’s methodology. Individual time-bound chains of command can be generated from this data using graph analysis.

Every chain of command which included 539 Light Infantry Battalion is shown below. These chains are disaggregated to show the entire time-range of each chain from the lowest unit in the chain to the highest unit at the top of the chain. Any individual who was part of that chain during the date-range is shown as well.

The chains show any direct or positional incidents which are claimed to have occurred during the time-range. Direct incidents have a source which directly names the unit as a perpetrator. Positional incidents occur when there is an intersection between claims from sources alleging an incident occurred and other sources giving a unit an overlapping location and date-range.

The following chains include 539 Light Infantry Battalion. Click on a chain to see our inferred time periods as well as every source used to establish the chain of command.

5 chains of command (page 1/1)
2007/5/31
2022/3/24
🪖 tatmadaw
393
🎖️ min aung hlaing general, senior general, vice senior general tatmadaw
🎖️ than shwe senior general tatmadaw
🪖 deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
360
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
🪖 tatmadaw-kyi
360
🎖️ tin maung win‡ major general tatmadaw-kyi
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general tatmadaw-kyi
🪖 joint chief of staff
360
🎖️ khin aung myint general joint chief of staff
🎖️ mya htun oo general joint chief of staff
🪖 3 bureau of special operations
5
🎖️ hla min lieutenant general, major general 3 bureau of special operations
🎖️ aung kyaw zaw lieutenant general 3 bureau of special operations
🪖 western regional military command
1
🎖️ aung lin dwe‡ major general western regional military command
🎖️ ko ko naing brigadier general western regional military command
🪖 9 military operations command
2
🎖️ soe thein brigadier general 9 military operations command
🪖 unknown tactical operations command (9 military operations command)
2
🪖 539 light infantry battalion
1
1
2007/5/31
2022/3/24
🪖 tatmadaw
393
🎖️ min aung hlaing general, senior general, vice senior general tatmadaw
🎖️ than shwe senior general tatmadaw
🪖 deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
360
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
🪖 tatmadaw-kyi
360
🎖️ tin maung win‡ major general tatmadaw-kyi
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general tatmadaw-kyi
🪖 joint chief of staff
360
🎖️ khin aung myint general joint chief of staff
🎖️ mya htun oo general joint chief of staff
🪖 general staff (army)
360
🎖️ kyaw swe lieutenant general general staff (army)
🎖️ mya htun oo lieutenant general general staff (army)
🪖 9 military operations command
3
🎖️ soe thein brigadier general 9 military operations command
🪖 unknown tactical operations command (9 military operations command)
3
🪖 539 light infantry battalion
1
1
2007/5/31
2022/3/24
🪖 tatmadaw
393
🎖️ min aung hlaing general, senior general, vice senior general tatmadaw
🎖️ than shwe senior general tatmadaw
🪖 deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
360
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
🪖 tatmadaw-kyi
360
🎖️ tin maung win‡ major general tatmadaw-kyi
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general tatmadaw-kyi
🪖 joint chief of staff
360
🎖️ khin aung myint general joint chief of staff
🎖️ mya htun oo general joint chief of staff
🪖 3 bureau of special operations
5
🎖️ hla min lieutenant general, major general 3 bureau of special operations
🎖️ aung kyaw zaw lieutenant general 3 bureau of special operations
🪖 southern regional military command
4
🎖️ soe htut brigadier general southern regional military command
🎖️ htein win brigadier general, major general southern regional military command
🪖 9 military operations command
1
🎖️ soe thein brigadier general 9 military operations command
🪖 unknown tactical operations command (9 military operations command)
1
🪖 539 light infantry battalion
2019/2/21
2019/2/21
🪖 tatmadaw
🎖️ min aung hlaing general, senior general, vice senior general tatmadaw
🪖 deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
🪖 tatmadaw-kyi
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general tatmadaw-kyi
🪖 joint chief of staff
🎖️ mya htun oo general joint chief of staff
🪖 3 bureau of special operations
🪖 western regional military command
🎖️ soe tint naing brigadier general, major general western regional military command
🪖 9 military operations command
1
🪖 unknown tactical operations command (9 military operations command)
1
🪖 539 light infantry battalion
1
1
torture in kyauktaw
2019/2/21
2019/2/21
🪖 tatmadaw
🎖️ min aung hlaing general, senior general, vice senior general tatmadaw
🪖 deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general deputy commander-in-chief of defence services
🪖 tatmadaw-kyi
🎖️ soe win general, lieutenant general, vice senior general tatmadaw-kyi
🪖 joint chief of staff
🎖️ mya htun oo general joint chief of staff
🪖 general staff (army)
🎖️ moe myint htun lieutenant general general staff (army)
🪖 9 military operations command
1
🪖 unknown tactical operations command (9 military operations command)
1
🪖 539 light infantry battalion
1
1
torture in kyauktaw

Subordinate units

A total of 0 units were subordinate to 539 Light Infantry Battalion through time. This includes all subordinate units which fell directly under 539 Light Infantry Battalion as well as those that had intermediary superiors before ultimately falling under 539 Light Infantry Battalion. The list of subordinate units found below was generated by using graph analysis on all claims made by sources.

Clicking on a time range brings you to a chain of command with its sources.

0 subordinate units (page 1 / 1)

Sites & Areas of Operation

539 Light Infantry Battalion was located and/or operated in 539 Light Infantry Battalion locations through time. Each location is shown below with the geographic chain of administrative boundaries above each location. These geographic chains give a more complete picture for each individual site or area of operations.

3 chains (page 1/1)

Incidents

Sources directly claim that 539 Light Infantry Battalion was the perpetrator of 1 incidents. Additionally, 0 incidents are alleged to have been committed by units subordinate to 539 Light Infantry Battalion. Finally, sources state that 1 incidents occurred in locations where 539 Light Infantry Battalion had an overlapping location and date-range. These positional incidents include all direct and subordinate allegations as well.

1 incidents which directly name this perpetrator (page 1 / 1)
0 incidents which name a subordinate perpetrator (page 1 / 1)
1 incidents in sites & areas of operation (page 1 / 1)

Claims & Sources

Sources and claims connected to 539 Light Infantry Battalion are listed below.

Each individual relationship, positioning, or assertion may contain multiple claims establishing its existence.

11 claims based off 15 sources (page 1 / 2)
Name standardized in accordance with Security Force Monitor research
Security Force Monitor
claim/statusaccepted
assertion/unit:names539 Light Infantry Battalion
Network for Democracy and Development
claim/statusaccepted
assertion/unit:namesLIB-539
assertion/unit:classificationsArmy, Military
2007/5/1
2007/5/31
Network for Human Rights Documentation Burma
claim/statusaccepted
assertion/unit:namesLIB #539
assertion/unit:classificationsArmy, Military
2019/2/21
2019/2/21
Fortify Rights and The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, Myanmar Human Rights Project
claim/statusaccepted
assertion/unit:namesLIB 539
assertion/unit:classificationsMilitary
2022/3/24
2022/3/24
Fortify Rights and The Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, Myanmar Human Rights Project
An End to Peace Efforts: Recent fighting in Doo Tha Htoo District between the KNLA and the Tatmadaw following the 2021 Myanmar military coup (March and April 2021)
Karen Human Rights Group
Burma's armed forces : power without glory
Karen Human Rights Group
Commission for International Justice and Accountability
Kler Lwee Htoo District Short Update: Increased militarisation and fighting between the Tatmadaw and the KNLA prevent IDPs from returning home in Ler Doh Township, March to May 2021
Karen Human Rights Group
The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School
Mu Traw District Situation Update: Villagers face critical situation during COVID-19 pandemic and are concerned about an increase in military activity, July to October 2020
Karen Human Rights Group
Taw Oo District Situation Update: Killing, arbitrary arrest, SAC military activities, and education, healthcare, and livelihood challenges, from March to June 2022
Karen Human Rights Group
Karen Human Rights Group
The relation claim of “Nowhere is Safe”: The Myanmar Junta’s Crimes Against Humanity Following the Coup d’État | citation: 158, 171:page | @bb73a616-9bfa-490c-926b-c9290cbaae1b is analyzed with additional context provided by citations Investigation - Myanmar | citation: :archive | @08e57fff-3791-46a5-8f70-3cd36cdaeaa3, Kler Lwee Htoo District Short Update: Increased militarisation and fighting between the Tatmadaw and the KNLA prevent IDPs from returning home in Ler Doh Township, March to May 2021 | citation: | @09a1d3fc-b964-416d-934f-ff163f545c5d, Mu Traw District Situation Update: Villagers face critical situation during COVID-19 pandemic and are concerned about an increase in military activity, July to October 2020 | citation: :archive | @23905cca-b1d7-4ea6-ac91-0d5310a4bb48, LEGAL MEMORANDUM: War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity in Eastern Myanmar | citation: iv, 23-24:page | @2973d265-fe0f-48c3-b9e8-48209fcbe356, Taw Oo District Situation Update: Killing, arbitrary arrest, SAC military activities, and education, healthcare, and livelihood challenges, from March to June 2022 | citation: :archive | @2babc4dc-bc91-44df-a006-a5250e8a796f, Joint Tatmadaw patrol burns field huts and seed stores, displaces six villages in Toungoo District | citation: :archive | @31e3e6ba-8e7f-44cf-bed3-295a824b62a2, Doo Tha Htoo District Incident Report: SAC and BGF tortured and killed a female villager in Bilin Township, December 21st 2021 | citation: :archive | @55d50316-6128-4a7d-ba71-fe0b2a062781, SPDC troops commence full offensive in Papun district | citation: :archive | @6638c951-3314-4b0e-afa3-d2475b6ee3e6, Burma's armed forces : power without glory | citation: 166:page | @7602746b-6b8f-48a7-8054-386ebea517b7, Bombs and Bullets Like Rain: Air strikes in the 'peace town' and places of refuge in Dooplaya District, December 2021 to May 2022 | citation: :archive | @b8aeedc5-ac23-47dd-936d-08091ec7d83c, and An End to Peace Efforts: Recent fighting in Doo Tha Htoo District between the KNLA and the Tatmadaw following the 2021 Myanmar military coup (March and April 2021) | citation: :archive | @cc57aba0-88e4-43cb-b9e3-488975f23f6e. These contextual citations establish that battalions under military operations commands should be under the command of a tactical operations command. As no specific tactical operations command is identified in “Nowhere is Safe”: The Myanmar Junta’s Crimes Against Humanity Following the Coup d’État | citation: 158, 171:page | @bb73a616-9bfa-490c-926b-c9290cbaae1b the placeholder unit Unknown Tactical Operations Command (9 Military Operations Command) @0003070f-16b7-44c6-8090-852f0f46f26c is used for this claim.
claim/statusaccepted
2022/3/24
2022/3/24