Four Burmese soldiers died in landslide

 

 

Independent Mon News Agency

 

September 10, 2004

 

Four Burmese soldiers died in landslide on the road of Myawadi to Mawlamyine (Mon State city) during heaving raining last night according to trader.

 

Four soldiers, under the command of Burmese Army Division No.77, died at about 11:PM after mountain slide down on them while they were on duty and waiting for taxing to the cars in Sing Hough Checkpoint about 15 miles far from Myawadi, according U Thar Aye.

 

“But no people had injured. Because of soil covered the road the routing stopped for a while and army authorities and people are repairing the road,” U Thar Aye added.

 

“It made a small traffic problem. A lot of cars were being waiting to route from Myawadi,” said a car driver routing on this road.

 

“During this morning only small car can route, the bus and track can not go,” U Thar Aye added.

 

Myawadi is a Thai-Burma Border town and it has very good transportation road to inside Burma, most people in southern Burma is relying on just only that road to import and export with Thailand.

 

According to traders, more than three hundred cars are routing in Myawadi road for trading.

 

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