Junta Commanders Also Plunder Spoil

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Subject: Junta Commanders Also Plunder Spoils From Each Other: 

12 October 1999

No: 10 - 12

Junta Commanders Also Plunder Spoils From Each Other
It was reported by DIN, S.H.A.N.'s source in the north, that a dispute had 
broken out between Burmese commanders for infringing each other's 
operational areas to catch contraband.

The dispute arose after Col. Soe Yi, Commander of the Military Operations 
Command from 105th Milestone Camp near Muse of Shan State, across from 
Ruili of Yunnan, staged a surprise raid on the village of Nawngmawn, Bhamo 
Township, Kachin State at 10:30, on 3 September. The colonel and his 
raiding party put into custody 4 trucks. They also made a house-to-house 
search and confiscated goods bearing Chinese brands and took them into Shan 
territory.

"One of the trucks was a B.E. Number plate Ba. 5602", said DIN. "The owners 
of the goods were also arrested".

According to DIN, the Colonel's irregular behavior was caused by the fact 
that there were more traders crossing the border into Bhamo than into 
either Namkham or Muse which fall under his jurisdiction.

"The traders like Bhamo routes better", said DIN, "because they have to pay 
less to the authorities".

The incident caused an uproar between authorities in Bhamo and Col. Soe Yi, 
because the latter's raid was executed without prior notification to the 
former.

"Col. Soe Yi is one of the richest commanders in the SPDC", added DIN.

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