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Trucks halt Myawaddy runs amid extortion-style levies
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Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said his party plans to dismantle weighbridges that were previously used to measure excess truck loads....
Trucks halt Myawaddy runs amid extortion-style levies
Trucks transporting goods from Myawaddy were repeatedly stopped and extorted by both junta checkpoints and various armed groups along the route, forcing operators to halt operations as the business became economically unviable. “These days, it costs about 10 million MMK to go from Myawaddy to Hpa-An City, whereas it used to be around 5 million MMK,” a truck driver told KIC. Previously, trucks were only inspected in Hpa-An City, the capital of Ka…
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