Villagers flee forced military training
Local villagers in Ye township of southern Mon State have fled from forced military training conducted by the Burmese Army in their region two days ago
Local villagers in Ye township of southern Mon State have
fled from forced military training conducted by the Burmese Army in their region
two days ago.
Some of the villagers from AruTong and Jamsai in northern Ye were ordained into the monkshood to take shelter in monasteries while some escaped into areas controlled by the New Mon State Party at the Thai-Burma border to avoid the compulsory training.
The Burmese Army Battalion No. 343 is conducting a section of training for 500 trainees nearby their base with a master plan to break down potential uprisings in Burma.
A villager who recently arrived to the border said, “The Burmese Army has given military training to USDA and SPDC members in the various towns, now the local authorities in Mon State are also recruiting villagers in Northern Ye to expand training.
According to a local headman from Mawkanin, every man from 18 to 40 years old is expected to sign up for the training.
Members of Township PDC authorities in Mon State went to villages and called emergency meetings to register villagers for new recruits to attend the military training in the last two weeks.
“The authorities did not explain to us (villagers) why we have to attend this training. They just said we can’t refuse,” a villager from Mudon township told IMNA about the registration. According to the source, if the person fails to attend, they have to pay a fine of 20,000 Kyat (Burmese currency) to the authorities.
The authorities recruited about 1,000 men from Yaung-daung village near Thanbyu Zayat city alone and many villages are ordered to prepare for the training. Nai Myint, a businessman from Moulmein said the order was issued directly from the Minister for Home Affairs. Since the ambush attack of Aung San Suu Kyi in late May in De-Pe-Yin of upper Burma, the State Peace and Development Council has grown paranoid about the possibility of a nation wide uprising that could prompt military intervention from a foreign army into Burma, he added.
Some of the villagers from AruTong and Jamsai in northern Ye were ordained into the monkshood to take shelter in monasteries while some escaped into areas controlled by the New Mon State Party at the Thai-Burma border to avoid the compulsory training.
The Burmese Army Battalion No. 343 is conducting a section of training for 500 trainees nearby their base with a master plan to break down potential uprisings in Burma.
A villager who recently arrived to the border said, “The Burmese Army has given military training to USDA and SPDC members in the various towns, now the local authorities in Mon State are also recruiting villagers in Northern Ye to expand training.
According to a local headman from Mawkanin, every man from 18 to 40 years old is expected to sign up for the training.
Members of Township PDC authorities in Mon State went to villages and called emergency meetings to register villagers for new recruits to attend the military training in the last two weeks.
“The authorities did not explain to us (villagers) why we have to attend this training. They just said we can’t refuse,” a villager from Mudon township told IMNA about the registration. According to the source, if the person fails to attend, they have to pay a fine of 20,000 Kyat (Burmese currency) to the authorities.
The authorities recruited about 1,000 men from Yaung-daung village near Thanbyu Zayat city alone and many villages are ordered to prepare for the training. Nai Myint, a businessman from Moulmein said the order was issued directly from the Minister for Home Affairs. Since the ambush attack of Aung San Suu Kyi in late May in De-Pe-Yin of upper Burma, the State Peace and Development Council has grown paranoid about the possibility of a nation wide uprising that could prompt military intervention from a foreign army into Burma, he added.
