Phone Myat | |
Native Name Lang: | my |
Office: | Commander of Bureau of Special Operations (BSO) No. 3 |
Term Start: | April 2021 |
Leader: | Min Aung Hlaing |
Office2: | Deputy Minister of Border Affairs |
Term Start2: | July 2020 |
Term End2: | 2021 |
Successor2: | Than Htut |
Office3: | Commander of the Western Command |
Term Start3: | May 2019 |
Term End3: | July 2020 |
Predecessor3: | Soe Tint Naing |
Successor3: | Htin Latt Oo |
Birth Place: | Burma (now Myanmar) |
Nationality: | Burmese |
Alma Mater: | Officers Training School, Bahtoo |
Mawards: | is not set --> |
Allegiance: | Myanmar |
Branch: | Myanmar Army |
Rank: | Lieutenant General |
Commands: | Western Command Northwestern Command |
Awards: | is not set --> |
Lieutenant General Phone Myat (Burmese: ဘုန်းမြတ်; born 1964) is a Burmese military officer and current commander of the Bureau of Special Operations (BSO) No. 3, which encompasses military forces in Ayeyarwady, Bago and Magway Regions, and Rakhine and Chin States. He has been sanctioned by the European Union, Switzerland, and Canada for violating human rights and committing crimes against civilians in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état.[1] [2]
Thet Pon graduated from the Officers Training School, Bahtoo.[3] He served as the commander of the Northeastern Command from 2017 to 2018, the Western Command from May 2019 to July 2020, and was appointed as a deputy minister for border affairs from 2020 to 2021.[4] He was appointed as commander of BSO No. 3 in April 2021. As of October 2022, he administered the Office of the Commander-in-Chief.