AYEYARWADY DIVISION – Soe Win, the deputy chief of staff, ordered and instructed “to bravely march forward, bravely fight and bravely destroy” to the new soldiers who were forcibly recruited as new military recruits in Pathein, Ayeyarwady division.
On December 27th, the deputy chief of staff Soe Win instructed so, when he met the those recruited as forced military recruits who arrived at the local training school in Pathein City.
Even though the new recruits are ordered and instructed, if they die during the frontline battle, the terrorist army does not give them any benefits.
It was learned that Maung Ne Min Thant who is around 20 years old, from Nyaung Chaung-Chaung Oo village, Dala township Yangon and Ko Phe Rose, 27 years old from Kagyi Ward, 4th Street, Thingangyun Township who were were being forcibly recruited as new recruits by the terrorist army, died during the battle and their surviving family members did not receive any benefits.
In addition, the terrorist army has been carrying out a series of arrests targeting young people across the country. According to family members, there are extorting hundreds of lakhs from wealthy people, and the disappearance of teenagers is increasing.
Although junta council has officially announced that when recruiting new soldiers, they promised that they will not be sent to the front lines, but only in their own communities for security purposes, Pho Htoo and Myo Thet Min, prisoners of war who were captured by the KNDF in a battle near Loikaw, confessed that new military recruits are being sent to the front line and forced to fight and they are officially allowed to use the narcotic drugs.
