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SAGAING DIVISION – The People Defense Force Taungdwin Region-Minkin (MKPDF-5, TDPDF) announced that anyone using 20,000 currency notes issued by the illegal junta council in the Taungdwin region will be taken action.
Newly issued 20,000 banknotes by the junta council are considered illegal currency and locals should not accept if someone is paying bills with the 20,000 banknotes. If one had 20,000 banknotes in hand and used them, they will be warned 3 times and for further committing, he will be arrested and prosecuted for using illegal currency.
“If we found out, the banknotes will be confiscated. We will prevent it from being used. We would hold awareness talks about inflation so that one can ask to give five thousand notes or ten thousand notes instead of twenty thousand notes”, an official Minkin PDF (MKPDF-5, TDPDF) told the media.
The National Unity Government has also officially announced that the junta-issued 20,000 banknotes are considered illegal currency.