Junta organizing intelligence training for Thandwe residents

Narinjara News, 16 March 2023
The junta authority
have been organizing camps for intelligence
training to men and women over 18 years in Thadwe township of
southern Rakhine State.
The training is scheduled to be at secondary level of basic education and the young people have been
recruited by the Ngapali-based junta battalion number 55.
A person close to the military authority informs that the participants are promised to pay salaries after the
completion of training.
"The salary support is promised after the training is over. Individuals have been recruited from
the 8th grade and above," he added.
Due to the economic and political situation, most of the Rakhine youths are struggling to make two meals
a day.
A Thandwe resident alleges that if one listens to the army's promises without analysing those, he/she would
face problems.
"If the young people engage themselves with the training camps, they may face difficulties in future,” he
added.
Rakhine government minister for security and border affairs colonel Kyaw Thu Ra was contacted by telephone
for details, but it turnned futile.
Narinjara News can not confirm the matter independently.
The junta forces maintain a ceasefire with the Arakan Army. However, the authorities continue a special
probe into the food supply routes to
ULA/AA dominated localities.
U Pe Than, a veteran Rakhine politician, asserted that a permanent peace would not be achieved if the
junta forces continue working differently
on the ground.
“The military council should avoid wrong activities, if a sustainable ceasefire is expected to yield results
in Rakhine State. Otherwise the ceasefire
will be broken. I believe that the military council should build trust with the AA during the
ceasefire period,” he added.
A large number of residents in Rakhine State allege that they have been continuously asked to avoid
supporting the AA and the military officers
advised them to approach only government agencies or judicial personalities in need.