ASEANEWS HEADLINE -CIVIL WAR | MYANMAR: Monk who led junta-trained militias condemns Myanmar junta’s abductions for forced recruitment
.Pauk’, a Buddhist monk, attending a pro-junta rally in Pyin Oo Lwin in 2021 (Photo: Facebook)
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The nationalist monk, commonly referred to by the epithet ‘Pauk Ko Taw’ and known for supporting the formation of junta-armed Pyu Saw Htee groups, reported that authorities took two young civilian men captive and pressed them into military training
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A pro-military, nationalist Buddhist monk known as a leader and recruiter for junta-trained Pyu Saw Htee militias admitted this week that the military had been abducting youth for forced military service.
According to the monk, commonly known by the epithet ‘Pauk Ko Taw’, two brothers from Htauk Shar Kone village in Mandalay Region’s Tada-U Township were taken captive on August 16 while on their way to Mandalay to take construction jobs.
The two brothers were among around 100 civilians the army had abducted to use as porters, the monk said, adding that 45 of the captives had been forced into military training after being detained.
Memento Maxima Digital MarketingThe two brothers from Htauk Shar Kone had been paying 45,000 kyat (US $14) a month each to junta-appointed village administrators for protection from forced recruitment, according to Pauk Ko Taw.
