Myanmar’s purge of tycoon highlights tension within regime

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Myanmar’s purge of tycoon highlights tension within regime

YANGON/TAIPEI — The arrest and detention of Khin Shwe, a longtime Myanmar tycoon, by the military regime last month hints at an irreconcilable split between Min Aung Hlaing’s ruling faction and Shwe Mann, a former general who was once among the country’s most powerful politicians.