The terrorist military council is using an electronic ID verification system linked to a National Database to identify and arrest military deserters, police deserters, Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) staff, and political activists across the country, according to military sources in Naypyidaw. The council has detailed records of military deserters, police deserters, CDM staff, and fugitive political activists from across the country stored in their computerized National Database system. This database can be accessed at any time by immigration officials and military officers to verify suspicious individuals’ personal information and cross-reference their details.
The military council has implemented a Person Scrutinization and Monitoring System (PSMS) connected to the National Database that allows them to check individuals at checkpoints and along travel routes nationwide. According to military sources in Naypyidaw, this system contains registration records of all military deserters, police deserters, CDM staff, and those with political offense records. The council has installed checkpoints with access to this database system at various locations including Junction 3, Mile 26 of the Yangon-Mandalay Highway, Min Lwe Kon Gate at the Hlegu-Bago border, Nyaung Khar Shay, Hpa-an Gate, Myawaddy Border Gate, Tachileik Border Gate, and Kawthaung Border Gate.
The military council has been collecting biographic data from all Myanmar citizens through the e-ID system and entering it into the database, along with biometric data collection, verification, and issuance of Unique ID (UID) numbers. They are now using this system to track down and arrest their targets. At the Myawaddy border gate in particular, there has been an increase in arrests of CDM staff members attempting to cross to Mae Sot while applying for bridge crossing permits, according to a border crossing service agency based in Myawaddy on the Thai-Myanmar border. The agency warned that since CDM staff members’ information is stored in the computer system, those listed cannot escape detection.
