Myanmar junta deploys AI-powered Russian and Chinese tracking system to target 50,000 individuals for new wave of arrests

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The Spring Revolution Database (SRD) has issued an urgent public security warning, revealing that the Myanmar junta is utilizing a sophisticated “Person Scrutinization and Monitoring System” (PSMS) to track and arrest activists, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) participants, and resistance members. 

According to the SRD’s five-year anniversary report, “Records of War Crimes Committed by the Military Commission,” the system integrates facial recognition and biometric data provided by Chinese tech giant Huawei with a software application developed by Russia.

Currently operating on version 1.2, the PSMS reportedly contains the private personal data of approximately 50,000 targeted individuals, allowing security forces at checkpoints, airports, and city gates to identify and detain travellers in real-time.

The SRD added that the technology is being used by junta military force, police, and immigration officials at checkpoints, airports, seaports, and city entry and exit gates to track down and arrest civilians and members of resistance groups.

According to the SRD, Ma Nan Cherry Tun who has been charged under Section 50(j) of the Counter-Terrorism Law was arrested on 25 May 2025, at the Htin Shu Myaing checkpoint in Namhsan Township through the use of PSMS technology.

The SRD also reported that a family involved in the CDM was detained on 23 June at the Kywe Tat Sone checkpoint in Tharsi Township, Mandalay Region, allegedly through the same system.

Similarly, in Shan State, a 29-year-old woman, Ma Thet Htar Thuzar, was arrested on 20 December at the Nant Pan Tak checkpoint in Kalaw using the PSMS system. In another case, a young man traveling from Yangon to Tachilek was reportedly apprehended through PSMS while enroute.

According to the SRD report, the junta is preparing to initiate a new wave of arrests targeting CDM participants and activists through the use of this technology.

The SRD urged everyone to ensure that personal information on mobile phones and private data does not leak or become accessible to authorities.

The SRD’s report, released to mark the fifth anniversary of the coup, documents a total of 19,047 incidents involving extrajudicial killings of civilians and other war crimes committed nationwide by the junta between 1 February 2021, and 1 February, 2026.

The Spring Revolution Database (SRD), established in 2024, aims to collect and preserve records, photographs, and video evidence of war crimes attributed to the military junta, with the objective of supporting legal action in both domestic and international courts.