Villagers forced to attend military training - Hundred thousand Kyat fine for absence

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"Military in a township of Tenasserim Division ordered villagers to attend basic military training. The villagers had to pay one hundred thousand Kyats each to army if they could not join the training, according to villagers. After the bomb explosions in Rangoon, Burmese government put tight security along the routes entering Rangoon. They also rearmed retired military members in Mon state and drilled with some military training, where they believed the suspects would flee after the explosion. In Tenassrim, the military government ordered villagers to attend the training..."

Creator/author: 

Mi Mrae Moo Chai

Source/publisher: 

Independent Mon News Agency

Date of Publication: 

2005-06-07

Date of entry: 

2005-06-12

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English

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