Few families receive what is stated in military draft law
Draftees into the Myanmar army attend the opening ceremony for their training at a military compound in Mandalay in this photo taken in April. Six months after the conscription law was enacted, many families are suffering the effects of their relatives being drafted. (The Military True News Information Team via AP) © AP
CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- When Zin Mar last spoke to her husband in mid-July he told her he was about to be deployed with his unit of the Myanmar army to the frontline in northern Shan State and would not be able to contact her for at least a fortnight.
Several weeks later she received news that he had died in battle. Her request for his body to be returned to her was denied.
