TANINTHAYI DIVISION – It was reported from the residents that the army of the junta council raided the cock-fight in the Inle kam ward in Myeiktaung village tract.
The cock-fight was raided on the 12th of this month at 7:00 p.m. The residents said that only four people were arrested because they ran away during the raid. The four are men in their 30s from the extension ward.
“As far as we know the cock-fight is not usually held in Myeik. They are made by appointments only. Now it’s like getting casual caught on the street.” A friend of one of the arrested said.
Some of the residents speculated that the four residents who were arrested were taken to the No. 4 Police Station in Konphauk Ward, which is only 10 minutes away by motorcycle from the place where they were caught.
According to a friend of the arrested person said that the arrested were released the next morning and had to pay 200,000 kyat each.
Residents said that, in Myeik city area, cockfighting gambling circles are usually held in Myeiktaung village tract, Kalwin village tract and Ingamaw village tract.