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The Watermelons: Myanmar's military moles

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Eye reveals why military spies are prepared to risk everything. This program contains distressing content. The voices of all active Watermelons have been changed for security.

***This program contains distressing content. The voices of all active Watermelons have been changed for security reasons***

The Myanmar military is now riddled with soldiers betraying their colleagues. Military green on the outside, rebel red within. They are known as the Watermelons.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Eye goes inside the Watermelons unit to reveal how these spies are helping the armed pro-democracy resistance achieve the unthinkable.

Nearly four years since seizing power in a coup the Myanmar military now only has full control of less than a quarter of the country.

Producer/presenter: Rebecca Henschke
Producer: Jack Aung, Ko Ko Aung, Charlotte Attwood and Kelvin Brown
Sound engineer: David Crackles

(Image: Composite image of a soldier, tanks and protesters. Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Eye)

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