‘We will turn the gun on the military’: hiding out against conscription in Myanmar
One potential conscript describes how fear has gripped Yangon as people try to flee ahead of a law imposed by a hated junta
The interviewee, 27, lives with his wife and 15-month-old son in an industrial area of Yangon. Until last month he was working in a garment factory. He is among the millions of people who could be conscripted under a law due to be enforced in mid-April by the military junta. He, like many across the country, is desperately searching for a way to escape.
The military, which is fighting against anti-coup groups, is widely opposed by the public and has been accused of war crimes against its own people. Two-thirds of the country is gripped by conflict.
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