February 25, 2008 (KNG)- The minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw of Telecommunications, Post and Telegraphs of Burma's ruling junta promised to grant more GSM mobile phones to two Kachin churches in Myitkyina Township, capital of Kachin State in Northern Burma, said local church sources.
Baptist and Roman Catholic Churches in Du Mare (Du Kahtawng) Quarter in Myitkyina were promised GSM mobiles during his meeting with the leaders of two churches on February 23 at the Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) office in Du Mare, a participant told KNG.
Brig-Gen Thein Zaw promised that he will give the GSM mobile phones to all pastors, churches teachers, people who are working on church duty in both Baptist and Catholic churches within three months, added a participant.
Church' sources said that the users have to pay 1,500,000 Kyat (est. US $ 1,226) per mobile phone to the regime for network authorization. The current price for a ready to use GSM mobile phone is about 3,500,000 Kyat (est. US $ 2,862) in Myitkyina.
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