Junta arrests 15 young men travelling by express bus in Bilin
March 5, 2025
HURFOM: At about 5 pm on February 24th, 2025, the military junta’s “Tan Da Dar (Iron Bridge)” security gate located in Tha Pyay Ne village, Bilin Township, Mon State stopped an express bus travelling on the Yangon – Mawlamyine Highway Road.
Junta troops arrested 15 young men on the bus and took them into custody.
“As far as I know, they intentionally targeted those 15 young men. They did nothing with the other remaining passengers and the driver,” said a local source.
The men had just escaped from a call-scam gang operating in Myawaddy, Karen State and were attempting to return to their homes.
“The arrested included many Yangon residents. There were also residents from Mandalay and Irrawaddy Divisions. We do not know their current whereabouts,” said a source familiar with the matter.
However, villagers told HURFOM that the military junta intentionally arrested the 15 young men and forced them to join the 11th batch of the military training for conscripts.
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