Do development for corruption in Three Pagoda

 

Independent Mon News Agency

 

April 21, 2004

 

Quarter Peace and Development Council in Three Pagoda Town measured land in it quarter and again sell it to people for their pocket money today.

 

 Three Pagoda Town quarter No.3 PDC officer, U Hlaing Myit and a surveyor, U Khin Soe lead, a group of people remeasured the land by passing one by one home and made 40 feet Wide and 60 feet Length measurement for a home.

 

The family had land wider than the measurement the PDC officer confiscated the more space land and sold it to other people who did not have land for housing and to the owner again.

 

For the land that did not have grant and registered, the PDC officer confiscated all and sold it to the people again, even the people paid to PDC officer when they buy these land from the PDC officer in the past.

 

Now the people whose land did not have grant paid twice to PDC officer and PDC officer measured 13 measurements and sold it all in today.

 

PDC officer sold 3,000 Baht a measurement. According to the people from Quarter No.3, PDC officer announced to people these land sell for Three Pagoda Town fund raising and these money are for the military fund, township health, development and settling for the people who do not has land for house.

 

However, some low ranks PDC officer and the people who close to the PDC officer said these money are not for military spent, town health and development. This money is for the personal of Quarter No.3 PDC officers and surveyor.

 

Military army based in Three Pagoda already announced to people they will not collect the money from to people for the military spent and they had their own fund from tax on the logging business and car.

 

For the health and development, the government gave some budget for Three Pagoda town and this town is becoming a business zone between Thai and Burma border. The businessmen joined with the township PDC and forced the poor in the main road to move outside the town by paid big amount of money for the land to get space for trading.

 

Because of Quarter PDC doing that, the people in this Quarter No.3 discussing about selling land to complaint Township PDC in this evening.

 

Quarter No.3 has more than a thousand household and four quarters in Three Pagoda town.