Junta chief calls on Myanmar people to join ‘public security system’

By Admin 31 Aug 2024

DMG Newsroom
31 August 2024, Sittwe

During a trip to Bago on Friday, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing called on the Myanmar people to join hands with his regime to enforce the rule of law and public security.

“We are working for public security, and local community elders, police and general administration department staff have to work together for that,” he said.

He told administrators and police officers to treat civilians well. Crimes will significantly decrease if community members cooperate with police by sharing information, he claimed.

The regime formed a public security and anti-terrorism supervisory committee in August, and has since been reportedly implementing a “public security system” in some areas in Yangon, Mandalay and Bago.

The junta’s latest move points to its frailty, observers said.

Political analyst U Than Soe Naing said: “The regime is implementing the public security system because its army has been seriously depleted, and enforcing the conscription law is not enough.”

While the conscription law requires men aged 18-35 to serve in the military for at least two years, the public security system aims to train men aged above 35 for one month, before assigning them to security teams at the ward and village levels.

The ranks of the regime have been seriously depleted by casualties in daily clashes with anti-regime groups, desertions and surrender, on top of a recruitment crisis.