defection

The army said he had brought "a large number of his forces" with him, in what it described as the first high-profile defection to its side.

Rebel groups have rejected a peace offer from Myanmar’s embattled junta, which is reeling from battlefield losses and defections in a civil war that has dragged on for more than three years.

But even a handful of Democratic defections could matter.

He also escaped compulsory conscription, which the Myanmar army has been enforcing to make up for defections and battlefield losses.

Those are huge defections when you realize either Ogwumike or Parker was considered their best player for each of the previous 13 years.