| Thaiger Myanmar nationals flee to Thailand to evade military conscription

In Thailand’s border province of Tak, young Myanmar nationals, now including women, attempt to evade compulsory military conscription.

Soldiers from the Ratchamanu Taskforce, stationed in Tak’s Mae Sot district, made a startling discovery on Friday, apprehending 27 youths comprising 13 men and 14 women near a stream in Phop Phra district.

These young individuals revealed they had embarked on their journey from Myawaddy, a city in Myanmar adjacent to Tak’s Mae Sot district. Facilitated by human smugglers, they navigated a clandestine path into Thailand through the porous border area.

This incident follows closely on the heels of another, where 27 young Myanmar nationals, 11 men and 16 women, were captured earlier in the week by the border taskforce while concealing themselves in a forest within Tak’s Phop Phra district. The proximity of five…