A Union committee’s decision removes a key obstacle to plans for a privately owned and managed industrial park on farmland in Ayeyarwady Region that has seen strong interest from Chinese investors.
Officials on the take have long been a scourge in Myanmar. There’s anecdotal evidence that since the 2021 military coup, demands by police, soldiers and civil servants for bribes, tea money and kickbacks have become even more blatant. Doh Athan explores the impact of corruption in Ayeyarwady Region.
BY Frontier
