Standing beside his cargo of Thai fruit and furniture, truck driver Ko Cho steels himself for a journey to Myanmar's Yangon that will demand bribes, dodging landslides and navigating a raging civil war.Once a truck is safely out on the road, "checkpoints" run by the military or its militia allies demand fees of roughly 150,000 kyat ($75) per truck per journey to Yangon, Aung Htoo said.
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MYAWADDY, (AFP) – Standing beside his cargo of Thai fruit and furniture, truck driver Ko Cho steels himself for a journey to Myanmar’s Yangon that will demand bribes, dodging landslides and navigating a raging civil war. The commercial hub is just 400 kilometres away, but a round trip from Myawaddy on the Thai border can […]
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Standing beside his cargo of Thai fruit and furniture, truck driver Ko Cho steels himself for a journey to Myanmar s Yangon that will demand bribes, dodging landslides and navigating a raging civil war.