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.

The arrest of Khin Shwe points to tensions between the current military leaders and the old guard associated with previous juntas, as the two are not believed to be connected with Myanmar's pro-democracy movement, which is trying to remove the generals from power, or the National Unity Government, a shadow authority established by ousted lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy.