Major Win Shwe of the Light Infantry Battalion (268) stationed in Falam town, Chin state, was said to have set up a mobile military outpost in Taingen village about 25 miles from Tedim town between September 4 and 10, a local from Tedim said.

From the so called temporary outpost on Tedim – Kalay Road, Major Win Shwe and his colleagues allegedly collected Kyat 50,000 (US $ 37.59) from buses crossing the out post, a trader from Chin state said.  

"They (Burmese soldiers) said that the money being collecting from every bus coming from Kalay was for army rations", said a traveller from Chin state who arrived on the Indo-Burma border.

"Some bus drivers who could not pay what was asked for, were forcibly detained and made to stay at outpost for four or-five days, delaying their trip," he added.

Passengers of the detained vehicles were said to have got angry with the army and faced a lot of trouble on the way.

Approximately, around 20 buses transport goods and passengers on the 50- mile long Kalay – Tedim Road daily. – Khonumthung.