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The four cuts strategy is a military doctrine of the
Tatmadaw The Tatmadaw, also known as the Sit-Tat, is 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 ...
(the military of
Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
) that consists of violent
collective punishment Collective punishment is a punishment or sanction imposed on a group or whole community for acts allegedly perpetrated by a member or some members of that group or area, which could be an ethnic or political group, or just the family, friends a ...
against civilians perceived to have ties to insurgent groups. The strategy has its origins in the 1960s in the
internal conflict in Myanmar Myanmar has been embroiled in armed conflict since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, Burmese Declaration of Independence, gained independence from the United Kingdom. The conflict has largely been Ethnic conflict, ethnic-based, wit ...
, when the Tatmadaw was fighting the
Communist Party of Burma The Communist Party of Burma (CPB), also known as the Burma Communist Party (BCP), is an underground communist party in Myanmar (formerly Burma). It is the oldest existing political party in the country. Founded in 1939, the CPB initially fo ...
and
Karen National Union The Karen National Union (; abbreviated KNU) is a political organisation with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), that claims to represent the Karen people of Myanmar. It operates in mountainous eastern Myanmar and has un ...
in
Karen State Kayin State (, ; ; , ), formerly known as Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The capital city is Hpa-An, also spelled Pa-An. The terrain of the state is mountainous; with the Dawna Range running along the state in a NNW–SSE direction, and ...
. It has been deployed many times since, including in the conflict in Rakhine State. The name refers to "cutting" off four types of supplies to insurgents: food, funds, information and recruitment.


See also

*
Briggs Plan The Briggs Plan () was a military plan devised by British General Sir Harold Briggs shortly after his appointment in 1950 as Director of Operations during the Malayan Emergency (1948–1960). The plan aimed to defeat the Malayan National Libe ...
* List of massacres in Myanmar *
War crimes during the Myanmar civil war (2021–present) The military of Myanmar (Tatmadaw), its allies, and anti-junta factions have committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), 2021–present Myanmar civil war. According to a reports, from F ...
* Mo So massacre


References

{{Myanmar-stub War crimes during the internal conflict in Myanmar