Burma’s reinvigorated ‘war on opium’ serves to distract from the fact that the methamphetamine trade is both a far greater problem, and one that Burmese troops and members of the government play a key role in
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Methamphetamine use 'rapidly' rising in Burma
Nov 27, 2009 (DVB), Figures released by the United Nations' drugs agency show that use of methamphetamine in Burma is on the rise, and is having an increasingly detrimental effect on neighbouring countries. A report released yesterday by the UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows that use of 'amphetamine type substances' (ATS), more …
Daily Briefing: Friday, September 9, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Twenty-four workers forced to work at Yangon garment factory Twenty-four workers from the Thukha Aung Garment Factory were locked inside after a work stoppage on Sept. 7. The 24 workers were not yet paid for August and stopped sewing garments and demanded payment from their supervisor. “Salaries need to be paid …
Junta cartel torches "half a billion dollars" worth of narcotics for World Drugs Day
Junta authorities claimed they seized and torched more than half a billion dollars worth of drugs to mark World Drug Day on June 26, according to state paper, The Global New Light of Myanmar. The narcotics destroyed allegedly included two tons of heroin and more than 630 yaba pills confiscated during busts in Yangon, Mandalay, …
Thursday, June 23, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM PDFs control most of northwest’s transport routes: NUG. 90% of roads in Sagaing and Magway regions — where the junta continues to perpetuate widespread atrocities — are now controlled by PDF groups, Nay Hpone Latt, the NUG’s press secretary, told a press conference on June 21. The secretary also highlighted that the military …
Monday, June 20, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Major Magway defense force claims AA link, opens NUG dialogue. Magway’s People’s Revolutionary Alliance, a local defense force, said its group had received support from the Arakan Army and is now working to liberate the entirety of Magway Region before Thingyan (Burmese new year) 2023. Read DVB’s report. | BURMESE Following …