20 February 2012
Drivers of many passenger vehicles that run between Mandalay and Muse, a distance of 288 miles (460.8 km), are drug users, according to concerned travelers. There are two stops on the way: 38 mile station near Hsenwi and Pang Makhaw (Zibin Sakhan) between Kyaukme and Gokhteik. While passengers are having their meals, the drivers are taking methamphetamines. Some of them even double as drug carriers. (SHAN)
| 21 February 2012 Maj Gen Zaw Win, Deputy Minister for Border Affairs, on 27 January, in reply to the inquiry made by People’s Assembly MP Sai Aung Kyi, said the BP1 checkpoint between Mongton and Chiangmai, closed since 2002, will not be opened yet, according to sources from Mongton. But the road from Mongton to BP1, 53 miles (85 km), will be renovated during the 2012-13 fiscal year that begins in April.(SHAN) |
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