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Police Rob People in Muse

14 July 1999

Police Rob People in Muse=20

S.H.A.N. source in the north reported yesterday that traffic in a border =
town
were held up by the police in order to sell tickets for a fashion show.=20

On the evening of 7 July, motorcycles and cars in Muse, the border town =
with
China, were stopped by the local police who forcefully sold the =
occupants one
ticket each for a fashion show organized by the local authorities. "We =
heard it
was a colonel from Mong Ko who contracted this team of famous models =
from
Rangoon and Mandalay", said one local citizen.=20

The tickets were sold at three prices: K. 1,000, K. 1,500 and K. 2,000. =
"For
those who refused to buy, the police just took away the ignition keys =
until the
drivers complied with their condition".=20

The tickets were for the evenings of 9 July and 11 July at the town =
stadium.=20

"They had done the same thing last year during the Shan New Year. =
Vehicles that
were heading for the Shan festival ground and not to the stadium where a
traveling Burmese dramatic troupe was performing were held up and =
demanded to
pay K. 500 each", said the source. "They cleared about K. 300,000 then". =


/// END \\\=20

For further information, please contact S.H.A.N. at:=20
Shan Herald Agency for News.=20
P.O. Box. 15=20
Nonghoi P.O., 50007=20
Chiangmai=20
Thailand=20
Ph/Fax: (053) 807 121
e-mail: <shan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>=20



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People in Muse <BR><BR>S.H.A.N. source in the north reported yesterday =
that=20
traffic in a border town<BR>were held up by the police in order to sell =
tickets=20
for a fashion show. <BR><BR>On the evening of 7 July, motorcycles and =
cars in=20
Muse, the border town with<BR>China, were stopped by the local police =
who=20
forcefully sold the occupants one<BR>ticket each for a fashion show =
organized by=20
the local authorities. "We heard it<BR>was a colonel from Mong Ko who =
contracted=20
this team of famous models from<BR>Rangoon and Mandalay", said one local =

citizen. <BR><BR>The tickets were sold at three prices: K. 1,000, K. =
1,500 and=20
K. 2,000. "For<BR>those who refused to buy, the police just took away =
the=20
ignition keys until the<BR>drivers complied with their condition". =
<BR><BR>The=20
tickets were for the evenings of 9 July and 11 July at the town stadium. =

<BR><BR>"They had done the same thing last year during the Shan New =
Year.=20
Vehicles that<BR>were heading for the Shan festival ground and not to =
the=20
stadium where a<BR>traveling Burmese dramatic troupe was performing were =
held up=20
and demanded to<BR>pay K. 500 each", said the source. "They cleared =
about K.=20
300,000 then". <BR><BR>/// END \\\ <BR><BR>For further information, =
please=20
contact S.H.A.N. at: <BR>Shan Herald Agency for News. <BR>P.O. Box. 15=20
<BR>Nonghoi P.O., 50007 <BR>Chiangmai <BR>Thailand <BR>Ph/Fax: (053) 807 =

121<BR>e-mail: &lt;<A =
href=3D"mailto:shan@xxxxxxxxxxxx";>shan@xxxxxxxxxxxx</A>&gt;=20
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