The Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA) is detaining parents and only releasing them once their sons sign up to become SSPP/SSA soldiers. SSPP/SSA troops stationed in Namtu Township abducted parents with sons in Mongyin Village Tract in early December 2024. It has been holding them captive for over a month and says it will only release them when their sons agree to join the SSPP/SSA, according to a family member of one of the detained parents.