The televised announcement said the service could be extended to a total of five years in the ongoing state of emergency under the conscription law. So I want to tell everyone to proudly follow these people's military service law," junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun told the state media. The junta issued the notification of the effectiveness of People's Military Service Law starting from February 10, 2024. Reuters supplemented the observation, saying since October, the Myanmar military called Tatmadaw has suffered personnel losses while battling a coordinated offensive by an alliance of three ethnic-minority insurgent groups, allied with pro-democracy fighters. "It is the biggest challenge the military has faced since first taking power in the former British colony in 1962," the wire service remarked.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 12, 2024 21:00 UTC