Narinjara News
Two Deserters
Arrested in
Maungdaw, November 7: Two
deserters of the Burmese army were arrested recently by the border security
force (Nasaka) in Maung Daw, bordering
It has been revealed that on the 18th of October the Nasaka arrested them, based on the information received
from the village council chairman U Kyaw Mra Aung of Re Nouk Tha Village of Maung daw Township.
They were identified as Kra Tun Aung ( P.V.
No-907421) of LIB No. 525 based in Linkhey town in
the Southern Shan State Command, and Kyaw Naing ( PV.No-964457) of LIB No. 345 based in Buthidaung of the Western Command.
At present, the western command is demanding all local
village headmen of the Arakan state, to inform to the
nearest army outpost whenever deserters arrive in a village, said a village
headman of the area.
"The two arrestees were recruited by local military
battalion under the law of the 1995 compulsory recruiting system. They were
unhappy in army service for discrimination policy among the army
personnel", said their family, "So, the two fled to their native
village in 1997."
Currently,the
numbers of army personnel fleeing from Burmese service are growing and the
strength of the Burmese army is weakening by the day. The local authorities of
the Arakan state are on the look out for deserters to
arrest, who are then taken back to the headquarters of their respective
battalions, said a police official from Maung Daw, who asked not to be named. #