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After seeing how Myanmar’s military used deadly force to crack down on peaceful protests against the Feb. 1 coup that ousted the country’s democratically elected government, a young man from the country’s central Bago region answered a call for volunteers to join a newly forming local militia. He went into the Bago Yoma mountain range with other like-minded citizens, many of whom were youth like himself, and began training for armed combat.
RFA Myanmar Service reporter Aye Aye Mon conducted a telephone interview with the young man, who identified himself as Yoma Tiger. He said that he and others in the Bago People’s Defense Army have had enough of the military dictatorship and are waiting for the right moment to fight back.
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Myanmar authorities seized over 198 tons of illegal timbers in the southern Bago region last week, according to a statement from the Forest Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation Xinhua reported.
2021-01-11 12:05:26 GMT2021-01-11 20:05:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
YANGON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) Myanmar authorities seized over 198 tons of illegal timbers in the southern Bago region last week, according to a statement from the Forest Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation on Monday.
According to the statement, the timbers seized from Jan. 4 to 10 in the area of Bago Yoma mountain range included teak, hardwood and other types of timbers.
Illegal logging often occurs in the area although the authorities have outlawed all logging operations in the area of Bago Yoma mountain range for a 10-year period starting from fiscal year (FY) 2016-2017.