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Villagers being taxed by all armies
Mi Myint, a traveler who was taxed when using traveling on the river spoke to
Karen News.
“Boat fees are 32,000kyat. The boat driver on our trip paid for us at the checkpoints from Chaung Sone to Waytar Li. We travelers had to pay for ourselves at the other checkpoints between Waytar Li to Kyain Seikgyi.”
Mi Myint explained that travelers have to take two boats and the boat fees are 17,000kyat from Chaung Sone to Kyun Chaung and 15,000kyat from Kyun Chaung to Kyain Seikgyi.
A local villagers said that there are as many as four passenger boats using the Zami waterways and that they each have to pay 1000kyat for each person at six different checkpoints operated by different soldiers including New Mon State Party, Karen National Union, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army and the Burma Army.
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