Mongkhet, 31 December
A combined team comprising police members from Kengtung and Mongkhet Townships, security force from No. 328 Light Infantry Battalion and departmental officials destroyed nine acres of three feet high blooming poppies near Wamkaung Village in Mangkhet Township, Eastern Shan State on 30 December.
In a similar incident, a combined team comprising policemen from Mongkhet Police Station and security force from No. 328 Light Infantry Battalion also destroyed 16 acres of two feet high blooming poppies near Mamhmwe and Htawpeku Villages in Mangkhet Township.
Moe Dei, IPRD
Translated by JT
