Myanmar Army: $476 and Two Sacks of Rice, the Cost of a Conscript’s Life
Burma’s draconian conscription laws have created a cottage industry of drugging, capturing, or forcibly press-ganging young people into military service. Conscripts are often unpaid despite being sent on dangerous missions or used as human shields. Their families receive little or no compensation when they are killed. Photo courtesy of the Global New Light of Myanmar. Burma’s (Myanmar’s) military junta has never disclosed how many people