On June 21, in the hills of Hpapun Township in Karen State, the commander of the junta’s Light Infantry Battalion 19, Major Kyaw Min Thant, was killed by the bodyguard he had personally chosen from his own ranks — a forcibly conscripted civilian from Bago Region, abducted from his home five months earlier. Within days, […]The post Myanmar’s conscription drive killing the junta from within appeared first on Asia Times.