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* Military Government
Cracking Down on Cars without Licenses
* Seized Wa Cars
Returned
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Military Government
Cracking Down on Cars without Licenses
Independent Mon News Agency
The Burmese military government is cracking down on cars and
motorbikes without licenses
throughout the country, and about 500 cars
have been seized in
“My friend from
in
“About 500 cars without licenses were seized and there was
no space to
put or accommodate seized
cars in the army camp,” she said.
“This morning I saw police, traffic police and the army
cracking down
in Out Zay
market, Pall Zay market and on the street in the
capital. There were a lot of cars
and motorbikes without licenses
seized. But I can’t say how many
cars there were. Some car and
motorbike owners were also
arrested.”
According to the IMNA source’s report, “The crackdown order
was from
state and Mon state.”
“About 70 motorbikes and 10 cars in Three Pagoda Pass (TPP)
were
seized,” said Min Thit Swe, who is based in
Thai-Burma border.
Min Thit said that the army based
in TPP gathered cease-fire groups
for a meeting and ordered them to
register their groups’ cars.
“The motorbikes have been brought to the police station in Three
the crackdown,” he added.
Nai Jorn
reported that people who went to the Kyaikkhami
pagoda
festival were kept away because of
the crackdown. Some cars without
licenses that went to the festival
were seized and some people
returned back half way.
At the moment, the car owner did not know what to do and the
authorities also said nothing to
the car owners about what they
wanted, according to IMNA
reporters.
Burmese businessmen and cease-fire groups illegally imported
cars from
authorities.
There were thousands of illegal cars imported to
more than 3,000 cars were imported
from
car traders in TPP.
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Seized Wa Cars Returned
Shan Herald Agency for News
Automobiles belonging to the United Wa
State Army that were among an
estimated 150 vehicles impounded
yesterday by military and police
authorities in Tachilek
were returned to their owners the same
evening, reflecting a thaw in
relations between
Tai Touch reported from Mae Sai,
Police and troops from Light Infantry Battalion 331 set up
three snap
checkpoints; one near Shan Yoma Department Store in the city; another
near the city stadium, and a third
near the airport. All cars unable
to show documentation that they
were properly registered and taxed
were taken into custody on the
spot. The surprise check went on from
compound.
"The Wa were later informed
that they could come and reclaim their
vehicles," said a Shan
businessman in Tachilek, who added that he saw
only 5-6 Wa trucks with NW (
plates among the loot.
"One outcome is that there are few cars on the road
this morning,"
said another resident, one of whose
daily chores is to drive his
daughter on a motorcycle to her
school on the Thai side of the border
and back. "Everywhere you
look, most cars you see are NW and SW
plated."
The authorities announced over public address systems
yesterday
evening that all car owners must
notify them of their possessions by
Tuesday, Nov. 2, or face consequences "because they
were going to turn
the whole city upside down to look
for unregistered vehicles," the
resident said.
As for the Wa, an emergency meeting
called last week arrived at three
resolutions, the Oslo-based
Democratic Voice of Burma reported Oct.
29:
Sources in Tachilek, however,
could not confirm whether the "detente"
had anything to do with recent
decisions taken by the Wa leadership.
Earlier, Thai military authorities had been anticipating an
imminent
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