Village headmen arrested for failure to fill rice quota

Village headmen arrested for failure to fill rice quota

3 village headmen were arrested and imprisoned in Hsipaw on 20 March for failure by their villagers to fill the rice procurement quota, said the source form northern Shan State.

They were Zang Hsu, Zaykharn village; Ai Parn In, Nalaw village; and Ai Pi, Na-oong village. All were detained by the order of U Maung Sein, Customs Officer and U Ngwe Taik, Township Officer.

According to the source, their arrests had caused much outrage among the villagers.

Rangoon's exorbitant rice quota, 8 baskets per acre at K. 300 per basket, had resulted in protest by the farmers in Hsihseng Township in southern Shan State on 15 January.