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Burmese junta stops posting civilians in administration

News - Narinjara News

Tuesday, 07 August 2007

Maungdaw: The Burmese military junta recently stopped appointing civilians as clerks in the administration department under the home ministry, said a retired senior official in Maungdaw. "The authorities stopped appointing civilians to the posts of clerks in the administration department under the home ministry a few months ago. It will instead place retired army men in those posts," he said. Many retired army clerks would come to Arakan to take up their new positions soon, a source close to the district administration department said. Earlier, the authorities appointed civilians to the posts of clerks at the lower end of the township level administration department, but the system was changed this year and civilians will no longer be placed in those posts. An Arakanese politician wondered how people could be convinced that democracy will be ushered in after the national convention since the authorities are preparing to replace civilians with army personnel. An official in Maungdaw confirmed, on condition of anonymity, that the military authorities would be filling the posts of clerk with retired educated army men in order to take control of the administration departments. There are three departments under the home ministry, the administration, police, and special investigations, of which the police and special investigations departments are already controlled by army officers. The junta is preparing to take control of the administration department by placing army personnel in posts which were held by civilians.

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