Junta bans ambulance crew from providing service at night

September 8, 2023

HURFOM: The military junta has issued a curfew in Tenasserim Town, Tenasserim Division banning people from going outside between 8 pm and 5 am. But there were no special restrictions issued for ambulances.

However, effective August 25, junta’s check-points in Tenasserim Division have started to ban ambulances traveling at night.

“When going to Myeik, we have to pass the check-point of the 599th LIght Infantry Battalion based near Ball Di Kan Bridge in Tenasserim Town. Soldiers at that check-point have stopped us. Sometimes, they point guns and verbally abuse us. It feels very life-threatening,” said a social worker from Tenasserim Town.

The military junta has reinforced their troops in Tenasserim Town and put more restrictions and interrogation tactics in place, so that rescue teams and health service providers are finding it difficult to do their work.

“If ambulances are totally banned at night, we won’t have supplies and will have to collect medicine to be prepared for emergencies,” said a health service provider from Tenasserim Town.

There are at least 27 junta’s check-points between the Ma Htwelve Taung Gate and Kaw Taung City, which is at the end of the Mon State border.

For more than 2 and half years, the junta has targeted rescue teams and charity groups and arrested their members. Some teams or groups have had to stop providing their services.

“Since the attempted coup, there are not enough health workers in township hospitals in Tenasserim Division. Most residents nearby Tenasserim Town have to go to Myeik for medical treatment,” said a villager.

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