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Junta’s regiments kill two villagers and torch 76 houses in Tha Yet Chaung

HURFOM: Since the second week of August, 2025, military junta’s regiments have advanced into villages in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division. According to local sources, their incursion has killed two villagers and destroyed 76 houses.

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Monthly Overview: Forced Conscription in Southeastern Burma is Devastating and Destroying Families as the Junta Increases Unlawful Tactics to Recruit Young Men and Women

Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State & the Tanintharyi Region

HURFOM |August 2025

Over the last month, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has documented a worrying rise in the violent and threatening tactics used by the junta to forcibly enlist men and women in the illegal forced conscription effort across all targeted areas. This has caused devastation among communities, which are already heavily impacted and traumatized by the increasing attacks from the military junta.

In what residents describe as a reckless and desperate move, the military junta has intensified mass arrests of young men across Mon State and the Tanintharyi Region to forcibly collect conscripts for its 16th round of military training. Young men between the ages of 18 and 40 have become the latest targets in a series of arrests that have left families terrified and communities living in fear.

On July 26, more than 40 young men were rounded up in Pu Tane Yoe village, Thaton Township, Mon State. They were taken to Thaton Town Police Station, Thein Sake Police Station, and the 9th Military Training Camp. A relative of one of those detained recalled:

“When we went to the police station and asked, they said the men had already been sent to the 9th regiment. They told us that if we wanted them released, we had to provide substitutes for conscription. That was all they would say.”

The arrests have continued relentlessly. On August 9, around 30 junta personnel stormed the office of Lo Yar Phyate, a local social and funeral service group in Thein Za Yet Town, Kyike Hto Township. At least 15 displaced men sheltering there were detained and transferred to the 207th Light Infantry Battalion. Family contact has been completely denied.

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