MANDALAY DIVISION – Friends and relatives confirmed that 27 year old Mr. Aung Lin Naing from Htaukshar Village in Kyaukpadaung Township hanged himself after being picked for conscription.
On March 21 evening, Mr. Aung Lin Naing (27), the son of Mr. Saw Htay and Ms. Myint Yee from Htaukshar Village, Seittain Village Tract, Kyaukpadaung Township drew the lot to be conscripted when drawing lots at the village administration office on March 21 evening. When he chose to run away, he was stopped by his family as they are afraid the junta council would trouble them if he ran away. And thus, he chose to hang himself and left behind a suicide note.
“In the suicide note, he wrote about being aware of this affecting his karmic cycle but that he couldn’t bear it any more as he absolutely do not want to join the army. His parents and relatives were also against him running away. He ended the note by praying to be reborn as a human in his next life and left a cigarette and rosary beads beside the note. His parents were heartbroken,” said a relative of the deceased’s family.
Meanwhile, as another young man who was also picked for conscription alongside Mr. Aung Lin Naing is currently working in Malaysia, the village administrator is reported to be pressuring the family to call him back home and threatened that they will drag the father into the army if the son does not return.