Teknaf, 17 Jul. 03: "Fresh forced conscription into the Burmese Army has been reported from various townships of Rakhine State in the western part of Burma. Maung Tun Yein (17) who fled and crossed the border to Bangladesh said that Light Infantry Battalion 538, at Rathedaung Town, about thirty miles north of Sittwe the state capital, has been conducting fresh conscription in and near his township..."