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SHAN STATE – In some wards of Taunggyi City in Shan State, the ward administration officers, hundred households chiefs and ten households chiefs have been going around announcing that they will begin the collection of military expenses soon, according to residents.
It is said that the amount will vary from ward to ward and that a monthly collection of 50,000 Kyats to 100,000 Kyats will be collected in the wards of Phayarphyu, Yayayekwin and Kyaungyisu, three wards in the center of the city.
A resident of Kyaungyisu Ward shared, “We will have to pay 70,000 Kyats per household. But a friend of mine hasn’t heard anything yet. Seem like not everyone has been informed. But the collection has mostly began.”
Similarly in Phayarphyu Ward, several households have already had to pay 50,000 Kyats per household.
“The house of someone I know had to pay 50,000. They haven’t come to our house yet. It is already difficult trying to earn a living and now we have to find money for this every month, it makes me exhausted just thinking about it,” said a housewife from Phayarphyu Ward.
The collection of military expenses started at the beginning of April but it is said that the households that were included in the lists for conscription could negotiate and pay from one million to ten million Kyats since the third week of March (to not get picked for military service).