Junta troops forcibly recruit more than 70 young men in Myanmar town

Junta troops forcibly recruit more than 70 young men in Myanmar town

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Authorities in Myanmar forcibly recruited more than 70 young men from a single town in the south-central Ayeyarwady region, residents said Monday, as the junta launched a new round of training for the country’s draftees. It’s the latest round-up under Myanmar’s military service law, which the junta began implementing last April as a way of shoring up its d…