Police in the New Town of Mon State, makes money with jackfruit stalk from the cow owner

 

Independent Mon News Agency

 

14 April 2004

 

Polices from the new town in Southern Mon State, makes their pocket money by fined on the cows that ate their jackfruit stalk.

 

Lamaing twon polices throwing the jack fruit stalk that have good smell around it station for attracting the cow to eat it.

 

Everyday the police caught three or two cows while the cow eating the jackfruit stalk and the police made money more then 10,000 kyat in a day.

 

“To get our cow back we had paid 5,000 kyat for fine to the police,” Nai Din, who paid the money for his friend cow ate the jackfruit stalk.

 

The Laminag town polices is working money with jackfruit stalks since the start of the summer and they have a 4 acres wide ground at their station. The police use it as a trap to the cow.

 

Even Lamaing created a town by the government recently, the people lives in Lamaing has rural character and everyday they release their cow to join with cattle. While the cows go to the cattle, the cows attracted with the jackfruit. Many people fined and this case is becoming popular among the Lamiang people.

 

Mostly Lamaing people are farmer and they have cows for using in farming. Such as the cow case, Lamaing police also fine on the people who motorbike or car crashed.

 

According to the source from the police officer, the police have to do it because of the police did not earn enough money to feed their family and for the police station expense.

 

In Burma, the police salary is about 10,000 kyat a month and it is not enough for the current price to feed a family even the family was small.

 

Although, 15 polices in Lamaing station used many ways to get money for station fund raising and for it pocket money.

 

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