Relatives of Myanmar conscripts suffer amid false promises

Few families receive what is stated in military draft law

HTET PHYOE, Contributing writer

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.

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