While the military council is forcibly recruiting young people aged 18 to 35 for military service, sources close to the Naypyidaw Military Service Recruitment Team have confirmed that the sons of two senior generals from Naypyidaw are not included in the military service lists. Aung Soe Chan, son of Lieutenant General Kyaw Swa Lin (Army, Navy, Air Force Chief of Staff), and Htet Ye Naung, son of Lieutenant General Ye Win Oo (Joint Secretary of the Military Council), both fall within the age requirement for military service and reside in Naypyidaw, yet are notably absent from the military service recruitment lists.
Similarly, Sithu Htut, the youngest of three sons of former Deputy Lieutenant General and Minister of Home Affairs Soe Htut, is also of eligible age for military service but is not included in the recruitment lists. The investigation revealed that sons and nephews of other high-ranking military officers stationed in Naypyidaw, including those at the ranks of General, Major General, and Colonel, are registered residents of Naypyidaw according to census records. However, despite being based on these same census records, their names are conspicuously missing from the military service recruitment lists. Sources confirm that these omissions are not due to official exemptions but rather because they were never included in the initial recruitment listings.
According to the People’s Military Service Law enacted by the military regime, exemptions are granted to religious personnel, married women (including divorced women with children), persons with permanent disabilities, those deemed permanently unfit for military service by the military medical board, and individuals granted exemption by central military service recruitment authority decree. However, the sons of these high-ranking military officers do not qualify under any of these exemption categories, making their absence from the recruitment lists particularly noteworthy and indicating a clear disparity in the application of military service requirements.
