Narinjara News
Akyab police without salary for one year
Akyab, June 24: For more than one
year, Akyab police have not been receiving their
salary, according to a policeman of the Mro-Ma police
station.
One policeman said the authorities are unable to pay police
salaries because the money was already spent on entertainment for high-ranking
central officials on their visit to Arakan state.
“Our salary was spent on entertainment when Prime Minister
Khin Nyunt and Daw Khin Win Shwe and their party came to visit Arakan. That’s why our salary has been suspended. We have
been without salary for nearly one year. High officials are threatening us with
jail if we disclose this non-payment to anyone. No one has dared to speak out
about the situation,” said the same policeman.
“After repeated requests, they pay us a little money from
the main fund, which is not enough to totally cover the expenses for our
families. Authority advise us to earn money by
ourselves by any means we can,” he said.
Therefore, many police have depended upon the forced extraction
of money from the people.
Requesting anonymity, the policeman told the reporter to
send news to the RFA, BBC, VOA and to many other media
agencies so the world can learn of their real situation.
Our informants said that non-payment of salary was not just
in the Akyab police department, but is happening to
police forces all over Arakan state. #
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