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Myanmar punishes 382 military personnel for recruiting minors

Xinhua, June 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar military authorities has recently punished 382 military personnel including 73 officers for recruiting child soldiers, according to the Committee for Prevention of Minors from Military Service Tuesday.

In March, Myanmar military released 46 such wrongly recruited child soldiers, earlier report said.

The committee disclosed that it has been cooperating with the United Nations Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting (CTFMR) since 2012 and uptill now the committee had brought 744 minors back to their families.

In June 2012, the Myanmar government signed a Joint Action Plan with the United Nations in a bid to to prevent and end the recruitment and use of children under 18. Endit