The junta conscripted more than 20,000 people nationwide during the third, fourth, and fifth rounds of conscription according to data gathered by Burma Affairs and Conflict Studies (BACS). It was easier for the junta to conscript people in the first two conscription rounds as people who supported the junta were more open to conscription. But, after they had all been conscripted in the first rounds it became far harder for the junta to conscript people in the later conscription rounds, so the junta has had to use far more force and coercion to conscript people.