Relatives of Myanmar conscripts suffer amid false promises

CHIANG MAI, Thailand — The last time Zin Mar spoke to her husband in mid-July, she told him that he would be sent to the frontline in northern Shan State with a Myanmar army unit and that she would not be able to contact him. at least two weeks.

A few weeks later, he received word that he had died in battle. His request to have his body returned to him was rejected.