Military Junta western commend collects taxes from black trading vessels

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Sittwe, December 2: "It was reported that the Western command H Q. charged tax on all illegal trading boats coming from Bangladesh and boats from Burma going to Bangladesh with contraband goods..." It was reported the Western command organized a toll collection office in Golden Mungan river port, which is about 10 miles to the north of Sittwe. All the boat trading contraband goods between Burma and Bangladesh are taxed from this office.

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Narinjara News

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2003-12-02

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2003-12-06

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