Troops of the Burmese Army extorted Kyat 150,000 and three hens from six villagers of Khawthlir, Rih sub-township, in Chin state on the Indo-Burma border. They were going to Mizoram in northeast India to look for jobs.  

When the six villagers were going to Mizoram state on November 26, they met soldiers from the Light Infantry Battalion No. (268). Two army personnel on the forest road took Kyat 150,000 by force and three hens from them.

As two soldiers took all the money the travelers had borrowed from their friends in Rih town on the Indo-Burma border and were going to Aizawl capital of Mizoram state.  

The Indo-Burma border based troops of the Burmese Army always take money by force from those who cross the border.  

A Burmese Army corporal was killed by unknown people because he tried to take money by force from travelers on the Indo-Burma border on September 23.  

The Army chief in Chin State General Hung Ngai has stopped patrols in the border area. But soldiers still wait along forest roads and take money by force from those crossing the border.  

A majority of Burmese Army soldiers are paid inadequate salaries and fined it difficult to manage because of high essential commodity prices. If they get a chance to make some money they extort it from villagers and traders.