Myanmar junta to jail fuel hoarders as shortage bites

The crackdown comes as commercial hub Yangon reels from a fuel shortage, with drivers queueing at dawn in the hope of securing the scarce commodity. - AFP

YANGON: Myanmar's junta launched a new crackdown on fuel hoarding Monday (Dec 11) with authorities threatening to jail anyone found with more than 180 litres of petrol without a licence, state media reported, as the country reels from an acute shortage.

The Petroleum Products Regulatory Department began "supervision and inspection of unlicensed transport and storage" of petrol products on Sunday, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.