“If people are leaving the airport, they have to go through screening. So the people who are already in the conscription list, they won’t be able to leave the country. So that is one thing that they might do,” said Dr Min Zaw Oo, executive director at the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security, which implements research and analysis on security issues and the peace process.
“And even in domestic airlines, buying tickets nowadays requires endorsement from local authorities. So these are part of the restrictions the current regime may enforce on the young people to prevent them from leaving the country.”
DRONES ON THE BATTLEFIELD
Even as the military attempts to tighten its grip, army chief Min Aung Hlaing is facing rising demands from his supporters to step down.
The 67-year-old’s leadership has been in question, after a series of battlefield defeats for the army in a sweeping offensive by rebel groups that started in October last year, dubbed Operation 1027.
But observers are not expecting any big change for now.
“Probability-wise, that kind of mutiny, we may not see at this point,” said Dr Min Zaw Oo.
“But the situation could change very quickly in the military, the situation could change very quickly among the senior leadership.”
Source: CNA
