Some business owners in Myanmar told DVB that they are concerned over new requirements in the military conscription law that requires them to continue paying wages to their employees who’ve been conscripted into the military.
The regime issued stricter guidelines regarding conscription on Jan. 23. The conscription law was enacted on Feb. 10, 2024. It stipulates that men aged 18 to 35 who are conscripted must serve two years, but it goes up to five years in a state of emergency, which Myanmar has been under since the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021.
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