Thai businesses in a tizzy as Myanmar staff, truck drivers abandon jobs to join anti-coup protests


Photo courtesy of The Nation Thailand/ANN

BANGKOK, Feb 14 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Cross-border trade in Tak’s Mae Sot district has been disrupted as Myanmar truck drivers have struck work to participate in anti-coup protests, a news source revealed.

Fewer transport trucks were seen on Saturday in the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge over the Moei River, which connects the city of Mae Sot in Tak province with the city of Myawaddy in Myanmar.

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