Karen to ban alcohol sales to gold miners
Karen National Union (KNU) officers, in Ler Mu Lah Township, have imposed restrictions on alcohol sales from May 1 to the thousands of gold miners who come to the area prospecting for gold.
KNU officials have put in the alcohol restrictions in an attempt to prevent problems between miners and local and in an effort to maintain Karen traditional values.
The KNU’s Ler Mu Lah Township chairman, P’doh Saw Eh Kaw, spoke to
Karen News about the issue.
“For a long time in areas under KNU control there was no open selling of alcohol. Now alcohol is sold everywhere and is widespread. We have made a decision to reduce the usage of alcohol from the beginning of