Burmese military dismisses 10,000 MAPT employees

 

Independent Mon News Agency


February 14, 2005

 

The Burmese military has dismissed 10,000 Myanmar

Agriculture Produce

Trading (MAPT) department employees, according to an

employee of central department in Rangoon.

 

The government central MAPT department in Rangoon sent

those dismissed an official letter in the start of

this month, according to that employee. “Only 3,509

employees were left,” said the employee. An IMNA

source in Rangoon also confirmed it.

 

The government dismissed the employees because they

have no work to do since the regime announced they are

not going to buy paddy from farmers at midyear of

2003, according to the employee.

 

“But the government gave a salary to employees until

Jan. 31 of this year,” he explained. “It was the last

day that employees received the salary,” he said.

 

“Employees explained to me that the regime already

informed them that the government is going to dismiss

them after the announcement,” said an IMNA source.

 

“We did not receive compensation,” said a woman MAPT

employee in Mudon town, Mon State who trying to move

to Township Peace and Development Council department.

 

“But the government gave a chance to young employees

to move and work in others department. More than 50

years old MAPT employees were given retirement,” she

added.

 

She said, “local townships department were removed and

only state and division department were left.”

 

The Burmese military and Myanmar Agriculture Produce

Trading department stopped buying paddy at a low price

and landing money to farmer for more than a years.

 

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