SHAN STATE – According to local residents, after April 28th, 30,000 kyat per house was collected by junta for the cost of replacing military personnel for one year in Lanmadaw Ward of Taunggyi City.
He said that the ward has chosen 3 people per batch to send military personnel, and 10 people have been registered in advance.
A resident of the neighborhood said, “the junta asks those who don’t want to join army to go to office and pay money. At the moment, they start calling from number 3 without number 1 and 2,” he said.
Currently, in the first batch, 3 young people were sent to an infantry battalion based in Moene Township, Kyai Taung, and the rest of the numbers will also be recruited in turn.
A close person said, “The boys have been taken. The superintendent himself sent. At the moment, I heard that 3 have been sent to Kai Taung,” he said.
Similarly, in Kantha Ward, residents of the neighborhood have reported that 36,500 Kyats per house has been collected since last week to substitute military personnel.