On 7 March 2023, a Facebook user holding account name of Win Min Thant wrote an advertisement-like post describing, ‘People with household lists from eight townships in Nay Pyi Taw council territory can make passports by contacting the number 09-422116161’. When security force members contacted the said number, it was found out as follows –
- Those, who would apply new passport (or) extend passport’s validity duration, will cost K240,000 and the applicants can access the services at the Shwe La Wun copy-shop located in front of the law office of Pyinmana township, along with K100,000 part-payment.
- If people apply PJ- job passports, they need to bring labour card issued by township labour office and in case they to do so, they have to play additional K5,000.
- From the starting day, the service will provide customers necessary assistance to able to apply for a passport within a week and they will get the passport within two weeks.
Following necessary investigations, security force members arrived the said copy-shop located in Paung-laung (2) ward of Pyinmana township and arrested the female offender Win Min Thant of 42 who helped people get passports by taking money on 9 March. It is reported that a lawsuit was filed against the offender at Pyinmana Myoma police station in accordance with the law.
Source: Myawady Daily Newspaper (11-3-2023)
- A female offender Win Min Thant with Facebook account name ‘Win Min Thant’ who is indirectly helping people get passports by taking money was identified and arrested at her house of Shwe La Win copy-shop in Pyinmana Township and a lawsuit was filed against the offender at Pyinmana Myoma police station in accordance with the law.