"For the embankment of Kayan creek situated below the villages of A-ley-ywa and Pa-gan-taung in Kayan and Thanlyin townships, respectively every household in the village tracts of (1) Ta-man-gyi, (2) Kyone-two, (3) Yo-gyi, (4) Ma-gyi-gan, (5) Pein-kan, (6) Hla-be-lu, (7) A-ley-ywa, (8) Aye-ywa, (9) Swe-ka-taw was forced to dig one and a half pits (total 6,000 approximately) between the 10th and 15th December, 1998. In default, payment to the authorities of between Kyats seven hundred and fifty to one thousand five hundred had to be made. We have heard that this demand continues despite the completion of the project..."