A local in the border area said that soldiers of the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) no. 269 have four camps on the way between Teddim to Tiau River where vegetable sellers carry their goods by themselves or horses. The soldiers collect Kyat 1000 per horse and Kyat 200 per person as road permits.

"It is a loss for us. We are poor and we cannot carry the goods by vehicle. We carry it ourselves over 40 to 50 miles on foot. We are not smuggling things just ordinary vegetables," he added.

In fact, the LIB 269 has set up camps in Tuisenzang, Thangmual, Tuithang, Dimcia villages as of this month and they collect money from vendors. 

The soldiers usually collect money from about 20 vendors and 10 horses a day.   

In October 2008, the Indo-Myanmar border based regime LIB 87 also collected money from traders who used to cross the forest path. A captain in the army was killed as a fall out. 

The military bases in Chin state were setup in 1988 and troops have forced civilians to construct camps, force them into labour and sometimes collect domestic animals and money from the villagers. - Khonumthung News