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USDA member extorted by Junta agency
A member of junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) was fined when his livestock was found grazing on rubber plantation owned by electricity department in Mongyang township, eastern Shan State, according to sources.
By Hseng Khio
Fah
23 October 2008
Sai Peng Hsung, 51, was told to pay
Kyat 50,000 (US $42) for each buffalo. He had to pay Kyat 300,000 (US $ 250) for
6 buffaloes, said a local villager.
“Will you come to claim your
buffaloes with the amount we are asking, or go to the police?” a villager quoted
U Kyaw Naing, an officer of electricity department, saying.
The said
rubber plantation is about 2 acres and there are around 30 to 40 plants in the
plantation.
“None of the plants were ruined,” said the
source.
Sai Pen Hsung has been a member of the USDA for over 3 years.
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