Illegal activities, business on the rise amid lack of official action

Experts and analysts on foreign and international investment have voiced their concern and dissatisfaction about the illegal activities by foreign investors in the city of Myitkyina, which sits close to the Chinese borders.

The most prominent illegal activities that have spread across the country and reached the cities are some of the most prominent illegal activities the foreign investors indulge in.

Illegal transportation of goods is also widespread.

Ko Ko Oo, who is an analyst on foreign investment, accused the local authorities of collaborating with the investors, saying that the illegal trucks have been driving on the streets for years now and everyone can see them, adding that the authorities might have been streamlining the process for them and providing “corridors” for them.

He said that illegal business has grown, mostly illegal gambling, adding that the phenomenon is now widespread.