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* Village headman
kidnapped villagers to get money,
* Millionaire Nasaka officer arrested in
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Village headman kidnapped villagers to get money
Independent Mon News Agency
The Village Peace and Development Council (PDC) chairman in
demanded from them to build a child
care center, villagers said
yesterday.
“An-khae village PDC chairman U Nyein Maung detained 10 villagers from
village ward no. 1 who can’t afford
to give him 1 million kyat,” a
villager said. “The villagers were
arrested after they refused to give
the money because they are poor and
can’t afford to pay such a lot of
money to the village headman.”
U Nyein Maung asked for 100,000
kyat from each household to build a
child care center in the village at
a meeting held on Nov. 7, reporter
Nai Blai
said.
“Villagers refused U Nyein Maung’s demand at the meeting. But U Nyein
Maung ordered the village militia to arrest 10 villagers and
detained
them in the Village PDC office as
hostages to threaten them to pay the
demanded money,” the villagers explained.
“The villagers were shocked at what U Nyein
Maung did to the 10
villagers and now about 400
households in the village have started
giving the money,” Nai Blai reported.
The 10 villagers were released after their families borrowed
money
from other houses and paid U Nyein Maung, according Nai Blai.
“U Nyein Maung was very famous for
mistreating villagers in the
southern part of the Thanpyuzayart township area,” Nai
Blai continued.
Very close to military authorities, the chairman was appointed
by the
Township Peace and Development Council
(TPDC), according to Nai Blai.
Most village PDC chairmen in Mon state were trained in
Burmese Army
military training and the Burmese
military also formed them as a group
paramilitary force.
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Millionaire Nasaka officer arrested in
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Narinjara News
Maung Daw, Nov 12: A millionaire Nasaka
officer was arrested Nov. 6 in
Maung Daw, a northern Burma-Bangledeshi
border town.
Aung Zaya, a sergeant, was
arrested by military personnel at the (3)
Mile gate Nasaka check-point at
Maung Daw, where he worked as a
monitor and was in charge.
According to a police officer, authorities seized 30 million
kyat and
47 gold bars from him and his interrogation is continuing.
He has several joint businesses in the area with local
businessmen who
authorities are currently looking
for, a source said.
A businessman from Buthidaung said
authorities have been seizing
properties belonging to
intelligence and other Nasaka officials since
Oct. 31. So far, authorities have seized shrimp farms,
hotels and
funds, as well as car s and
motorbikes owned by intelligence units.
"All businessmen in the area are anxious about the
present situation
because all businessmen were
cooperating with local intelligence
officials. Previously, no one could
do anything about his or her
business without intelligence
permission and cooperation," he said.
Aung Zaya is now in the Buthidaung jail, where about 20
intelligence
officials recently arrested by
authorities were moved from
according to a reliable source.
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