During a severe pre-harvest food shortage last summer, many soldiers received only two meals a day, were visibly malnourished and scavenged for food by stealing crops from state farms, he said.

• 去年夏天秋收之前的那次严重的粮食短缺中，许多士兵一天只能吃到两顿饭，他们看起来显然营养不良，为了得到食物他们甚至去偷国有农场的粮食。