Locals in Ayeyarwady Region have welcomed compensation offers for property damaged during a big military training exercise, but are worried that not all the projectiles that missed targets have been found and defused.
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
