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Tactical Commander in TPP to tackle feuding army and local administration
Thu 19 Apr 2007,
IMNA
Brewing discontent among government employees where the army commander and the Town Peace and Development Council (TPDC) are at logger heads over sharing taxes, has forced Col. Kyaw Lin Tun, Burmese Tactical Commander No.2 from Military Western Region Command to visit Three Pagoda Pass on the Thai-Burma border, a source close to authorities said.
Col. Kyaw Lin Tun reached at about 9 a.m. with about 400 soldiers from Nan-Kwin village, where the tactical command base is located 40 kilometeres west of TPP town and on the road to Thanpyuzayart.
"Military Intelligence, Sergeant Than Myint and some other departmental employees could be transferred from the town," sources said.
According source said, Col. Kyaw Lin Tun arrived on the border to hold meetings with government departmental employees who are dissatisfied with Lt-Col Hla Min, the army commander in the town. Many government employees sent letters to the military brass about the army in town trying to control part of the tax collected.
Lt-Col Hla Min had demanded that the Town Peace and Development Council (TPDC) give the army a share of the income from taxing traders and travellers. But the TPDC refused.
The police and other government department officials were unhappy with Lt-Col Hla Min, who setup a gate on the cross roads on the border and placed security guards in parts that are controlled by the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), and the New Mon State Party (NMSP).
Col. Kyaw Lin Tun will also meet local businessmen to solve problems of border trade and border closure, sources said.
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