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Arakan residents in Yangon fear conscription

11 Dec 2024

DMG Newsroom
11 December 2024, Mrauk-U

Arakan residents in Yangon have expressed concerns for their safety as the regime is stepping up enforcement of the conscription law in parts of the commercial capital.

In South Okkalapa, Hlaing Thayar, Dagon Seikkan, Botahtaung, and Thaketa townships, ward administrators have received notice from the regime reminding them that men aged between 18 and 35 must serve in the military.

“I heard they issued a notice yesterday as a reminder regarding conscription. Every...

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