Major-General Toe Yi ( my, တိုးရီ) is a Burmese military officer who is currently serving as
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, and previously served as a military intelligence chief responsible for the
State Administration Council
The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Com ...
's interrogation centres.
Early life and education
Toe Yi graduated from the
Officers Training School, Bahtoo
The Army Officers Training School, Bahtoo ( my, တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း) ဗိုလ်သင်တန်းကျောင်း (ဗထူး), abbreviated OTS) is an officer candidate school for the Myanmar Army located in Ba ...
in 1989, alongside
Ye Win Oo
Lieutenant-General Ye Win Oo ( my, ရဲဝင်းဦး; born 21 February 1966) is a Burmese military officer who is currently serving as the Joint Secretary of State Administration Council (SAC) and the Chief of Military Security Affairs. H ...
, as part of the 77th intake.
Military career
Toe Yi advanced his career by becoming the deputy head of the Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA), the country's intelligence agency, where he was responsible for domestic intelligence operations.
In the aftermath of the
2021 Myanmar coup d'état
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...
, OCMSA carried out operations against
Kyaw Min Yu and
Phyo Zayar Thaw, both of whom were later executed in July 2022 for anti-coup activities.
In January 2023, the military junta conferred the title of "Zaya Kyawhtin" to Toe Yi.
On 3 February 2023, he was promoted to become
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs under
Soe Htut
Soe Htut ( my, စိုးထွဋ်; born 29 March 1961) is a Burmese military officer and incumbent Minister for Home Affairs of Myanmar. Soe Htut is a career soldier, and currently holds the rank of Lieutenant General.
Early life and edu ...
.
See also
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State Administration Council
The State Administration Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Com ...
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Tatmadaw
Tatmadaw (, , ) is the official name of the armed forces of Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is administered by the Ministry of Defence and composed of the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. Auxiliary services include th ...
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1966 births
Living people
Burmese generals
Officers Training School, Bahtoo alumni