Published
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - 14:01
Drunken Burma Army soldier falls in pit dies on spot
An inebriated Burmese Army soldier fell into a trench in a military camp and died on the spot in Chin state, Burma.
An inebriated Burmese Army soldier fell into a trench in a military camp and died on the spot in Chin state, Burma.
Corporal Saw Pa from Light Infantry Battalion (304) was intoxicated and fell into the trench of a military camp in Dar Ling village in Matupi Township, southern Chin state on February 28. He was buried in the cemetery of Mara Evangelical Church (MEC) in Dar Ling village, according to a villager from Chin state.
Despite disapproval of local religious leaders liquor sale and consumption continues in the area. Soldiers are said to be involved in selling O.B brand liquor in Dar Ling and neighbouring villages such as Sabaungpi and Sabaungte village.
O.B brand liquor costs between Kyat 4,000 and Kyat 6,000.
Moreover, soldiers often get drunk and create problems in the villages.
"After getting drunk in the camp, they come out to the village and forcibly take villager's chicken. It often gets noisy and they tease the women and fight each other in the village," a villager said.
Villagers cannot sleep the whole night as soldiers whenever drunk create problems by entering villagers' home and forcibly taking livestock, the villager added.
Meanwhile, the liquor consumption rate among villagers in Dar ling and nearby villages is higher than before as a result of increasing liquor sale by soldiers.
The villagers dare not protest as they are afraid of threats from soldiers, according to the villager.
Corporal Saw Pa from Light Infantry Battalion (304) was intoxicated and fell into the trench of a military camp in Dar Ling village in Matupi Township, southern Chin state on February 28. He was buried in the cemetery of Mara Evangelical Church (MEC) in Dar Ling village, according to a villager from Chin state.
Despite disapproval of local religious leaders liquor sale and consumption continues in the area. Soldiers are said to be involved in selling O.B brand liquor in Dar Ling and neighbouring villages such as Sabaungpi and Sabaungte village.
O.B brand liquor costs between Kyat 4,000 and Kyat 6,000.
Moreover, soldiers often get drunk and create problems in the villages.
"After getting drunk in the camp, they come out to the village and forcibly take villager's chicken. It often gets noisy and they tease the women and fight each other in the village," a villager said.
Villagers cannot sleep the whole night as soldiers whenever drunk create problems by entering villagers' home and forcibly taking livestock, the villager added.
Meanwhile, the liquor consumption rate among villagers in Dar ling and nearby villages is higher than before as a result of increasing liquor sale by soldiers.
The villagers dare not protest as they are afraid of threats from soldiers, according to the villager.
