Police patrols on the night of May 10 targeted street-side “beer stations” as well as high-profile bars, with managers ordered to close on time at 11pm or face court action.
In recent weeks bars in downtown Yangon had been keeping their doors open well beyond specified closing times, taking advantage of what had appeared to be a relaxation of rules following months of periodic clampdowns.
But Police Major Thein Aung made clear yesterday that the 11pm closing time would be enforced as part of the new government’s “100-days” crackdown on crime and rule-of-law campaign. Illegal massage parlours have also been raided and closed and will be prosecuted, police said. (Courtesy of Myanmar Times)
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