The Burmese authorities who take a responsibility in Moe Bye Dam, Pekon province, is reportedly forbidding as a rule for the public not to take photos near the dam side in Southern path of Shan State bordering with Karenni, according the resident sources.

A visitor visit Moe Bye Dam said, "When I am preparing to take photos for memorized as I am visiting here (Moe Byae Dam). At the same time, the authorities come and tell not to take photos." This rule was announced when local authority, visited the areas recently, said Loikaw residents.

Meanwhile, the Burmese authority said they are doing their jobs as their responsibility and to the dam sides, in the coming next time, the areas are going to forbidding as "No Cameras." And the authority told the visitors that they (Visitors) will be captured, arrested and the cameras are going to be seized when whoever with cameras.

Moe Byae Dam is the sources for the Lawpita water electric power, which locates in Loikaw, Karenni Sate.

Moe Byae Dam was built since the time of the Burmese military resistance decades in hands of colonel Maw Shwe, a minister of project and industry and the chairman of electricity supply, major Phay Than on Sept. 30, 1971 by the public' forces.