# Myanmar’s young people fear being seized and sold to the military

https://mins.news/en/item/95697

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-12 00:08 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c63el43dw8pko/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Myanmar’s military government is pressing to meet recruitment quotas as it fights an attritional war against ethnic armed groups and civilian resistance forces. Residents say young people in Hpa-An are being seized and forced into service; reports describe kidnapping, extortion and the sale of recruits, driving fear and flight among young people and their families.

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