Less than a month after introducing a repressive bylaw to its Conscription Law, the military regime has launched training for the 10th batch of military conscripts across six regional commands, including in Naypyitaw.
The regime enacted the long-dormant Conscription Law last February amid a string of military defeats to ethnic armed organizations and People’s Defense Forces, and began training the first batch of conscripts just two months later in April. Around a quarter of the 56 million population are eligible for mandatory service under the law.
The junta announced that around 5,000 men aged 18 to 35 would be drafted in each intake, which would mean it has so far forcibly recruited around 50,000 civilians.
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