Kachin News Group: Rigorous checking on border trade route

Filed under: News, On The Border Travellers are being rigorously checked at military checkpoints, especially between Lajayang and Garayang Villages on the illegal Sino-Burma border trade route in Kachin State, northern Burma by the Burmese Army, since Monday (October 6), said travellers. Cars and people are not being allowed after 6 p.m. between Myitkyina and Laiza for security reasons, said sources close to the Burmese Army. People from both the State Peace and Development Council (SDPC) and the KIO between Myitkyina and Laiza are affected by this order as of 6 p.m. today. The orders have come from the junta’s Northern Command HQ based in Myitkyina, the capital of Kachin State. Several travellers told KNG today, that every car carrying passengers and motorcyclists are being stopped at more than five multi-security... [read full story]