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Myanmar: Authorities in Mandalay Region are leaning heavily on parents to send their children into mandatory military service. Reports of parents bribing admin to exempt them.

Over 300 cargo trucks carrying Thai goods were intercepted in Hpa-an, Karen State, earlier this month, causing a sharp decline in Thai-Myanmar border trade.

The Myanmar military has seized the trucks at Thiri car compound in new efforts to curb illegal trade. 

Officials are inspecting truck’s supply to check for tax compliance. Those proper documentation will not be confiscated, sources say. The regular checks on trucks arriving from Myawaddy at the checkpoint near Hpa-an, uncertainty regarding what actions will be taken against some 300 seized trucks, local business people are unwilling to import goods this moment say entrepreneur & member central committee of Myanmar Highway Freight Transportation Service Association said. 

"We are uncertain about the policy under which these actions will be taken against the seized goods. told Myanmar Now.