Recruitment Day

In Thailand every April, all young men must report to the nearest army recruitment centre for an extraordinary lottery system that determines whether they serve in the military or not. For those living in the south, who are Malay and Muslim, Thailands military is seen as an occupation force - but they too have to join if they are picked. Filmmaker Orlando de Guzman travels to the remote southern village of Dato, in the Pattani Province, to bring us the story of two young village men as they face their own nail-biting recruitment day.

Category:

• Documentary

Tags:

• Al Jazeera
• witnessprog
• Witness
• Thailand
• Thailand army
• recruitment
• Orlando de Guzman
• southern Thailand
• Dato
• Malay Muslims
• Buddhist-run army
• nation building
• Pattani