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Myanmar former student Wai Yan makes drinks at a Bangkok restaurant on June 4 after fleeing to Thailand to avoid conscription by Myanmar's military junta. (AFP)

‘Can’t go back’: Myanmar conscription exiles struggle in Thailand

When Myanmar's junta announced a conscription law to help crush a popular pro-democracy uprising, Ma Khaing knew there was only one way to escape its clutches, and began planning her escape.

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