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Four Conscripts Defect to PDF, Seek Thailand Escape
6/10/2026
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Story summary
- BBC reporters uncovered four men abducted into Myanmar’s army who fled to the PDF.
- The conscripts now reside with the PDF and aim to cross into Thailand.
- The junta’s 2024 conscription law supplies unlimited manpower, which Ko Kaung says hampers resistance.
- PDF leaders say Russian aircraft, drones and Chinese-brokered ceasefires give the military a edge.
- Army doctor Dr Saung runs a field hospital that treats fighters and delivered a baby.
