YANGON:  , A fifth batch of conscripts Myanmar’s junta hopes will help reverse its battlefield losses has begun training, state media reported on Tuesday ( Sep 10 ).
A military cause likewise told AFP that the new shipment was in addition to the roughly 15, 000 another conscripts who had already received their education.
Three decades after its coup, which sparked armed rebellion across Myanmar and as it struggled to recover from a series of defeats, the junta put a recruitment laws into effect in February.
The law authorizes the defense to summon all ladies and men between the ages of 18 and 27 to serve in the military for at least two years.
” Ready people” from the second batch arrived at the “respective military education stores” on Monday, according to the state-backed Global New Light of Myanmar, without saying how many were involved.
Without mentioning where or how much of a role are previous batches of soldiers who have completed their training” serving responsibilities in their respective troops and models,” according to the paper.
A military source who spoke to AFP requesting privacy in order to speak to the media claimed that three batches of about 5, 000 males had already completed their three-month education.
So far, the supply said,” about 15, 000 employees have finished their training and are serving their country.”