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Unlicensed car mop up takes serious turn
Fri 25 May 2007,
IMNA
Seizure of unlicensed cars in Mon and Karen state has taken a serious turn with special police teams raiding resident's homes to confiscate cars if they get wind that the vehicle is
hidden.
A warrant has also been issued for seizing unlicensed car wherever the authorities find it.
"They (authorities) have announced the confiscation of unlicensed cars as 'operation cleanup'. They are seizing the cars and detaining the owners," a resident in Moulmein, the capital of Mon State said.
Some owners were sent to jail. Some have gone into hiding afraid of being sent to prison even if their unlicensed cars have already been seized.
As part of the crackdown the police have been checking cars on the highway. If it does not have license papers, they seize it. The checking on the highway on the Moulmein-Myawaddi stretch in Karen State and Thanpyuzayart-Three Pagoda Pass (TPP) route is more serious than on other roads where many Thai cars operate, a Moulmein resident said.
According to sources from Karen Peace Front (KPF) and New Mon State Party (NMSP) more than 50 unlicensed cars were confiscated by the authorities in Moulmein.
The authorities seized about 30 cars in Thanpyuzayart and more than 15 in Mudon and two in Ye, a resident said.
The crackdown on unlicensed cars began on May 23. Some were seized on the highway and from the homes of owners if they got they learnt it is being hidden, a Moulmein resident said.
According to her, the authorities are not parking unlicensed cars in the Southeast Command in Moulmein. They will transport to Rangoon, the former capital of Burma (Myanmar) to use it.
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