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Myanmar junta officials began collecting personal details of citizens eligible for compulsory military service this week, triggering widespread alarm in cities. Detailed data collection processes are now underway in Naypyitaw and Yangon, in particular. 

On Friday, junta-controlled newspapers sought to quell any panic by denying that registration papers were being delivered and dismissing the reports as fake news.

Contrary to the denials, junta-appointed Yangon Region chief minister presided over meeting to coordinate conscription on Thursday, he called for complete accuracy in data collection. As officials have duly begun distributing military service registration forms to households.

A registration form seen by The Irrawaddy asks for personal details covering 25 areas, including name, address, ID number, educational qualification, occupation, health condition, and marital status.

In some wards, admin are using megaphones to urge eligible residents to register. In others, a lottery system is being used to select draftees.

The regime has apparently been busy preparations for 5-weeks since it introduced mandatory military service. Meanwhile, massive numbers of young people are leaving the country to avoid conscription under a junta widely reviled for its atrocities against Myanmar’s people. 

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