Couple held for trafficking women
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Myanmar authorities have arrested a couple suspected of human trafficking in Hsipaw, a township in eastern Shan State, according to sources from the Myanmar Anti-Trafficking Task Force (MATTF).
They are suspected of trafficking four young women from Songkyel village to China, where they were to be sold into marriages with Chinese men, officials said.
The authorities were firstly informed that an unknown couple was gathering young women in the village. An official combined force consisting of military officials from a local base, MATTF officers, local militiamen and police went to the village and interviewed the young women.
They said a couple named Sai Myint and Nan Myalay from Maikay village in the township had persuaded them that they would get work at a water purification factory in China for a wage of 50 yuan (Bt256) per day, and if they wished to marry Chinese men later, they [the couple] would arrange the marriages.
Australia to provide aid for agriculture
Australia will provide technology and funds to local farmers of the Ayeyarwaddy region and the dry zones including Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and the Australia Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) will sign an MoU to implement the project this month.
ACIAR and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) will cooperate to give technical assistance and departments under the ministry will work together with them. Each of the projects will run for four years and provide US$6 million (Bt188 million).
Nissan distribution
The Myanmar Investment Commission has approved the manufacturing and distribution of Nissan cars in the country by Tan Chong Motor (Myanmar), according to the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development.
Malaysia-based Tan Chong Motor Holdings (TCMH), the business partner of Japan’s Nissan Motor, has engaged in discussion with Myanmar authorities since last year to manufacture and distribute Nissan cars and spare parts in Myanmar.
Tan Chong Motor (Myanmar) will conduct the business as wholly owned with 100-per-cent foreign investment, said the ministry.
Meanwhile, Malaysia-based APM Automotive Indochina was also approved by the Investment Commission to manufacture and distribute car spare parts.
