Army stops passenger vehicles on Hpa-an-Myawaddy road, arrests about 30 youths for conscription; in Salin, people threatened with imprisonment if conscription tax is not paid
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Army stops passenger vehicles on Hpa-an-Myawaddy road, arrests about 30 youths for conscription; in Salin, people threatened with imprisonment if conscription tax is not paid

Yangon, June 25 On the Hpa-an-Myawaddy road section in Karen State, the terrorist military council's troops stopped passenger motor vehicles today, June 25, and arrested about 30 youths for conscription, according to tra

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