FORTY-five counterfeit notes in the
denomination of 10,000 kyats were seized from a Singaporean couple at the
Shwedagon Pagoda on 28 November, stated the Myanmar Police Force on 28 November
The counterfeit notes were discovered
when Mr. Lin Bee Fun, 40, and Mrs. Chin Kuo Kuang, 43, paid the entrance fee at
the counter on the southern stairway of the pagoda on 28 November.
Police noticed three fake notes and
conducted a search during which they found the remaining notes.
During interrogation, the couple said
they received the kyats from two Indians at the Arcade money exchange counter
at the Coller Quay of the Changi Airport in exchange for 400 Singapore dollars
on 27 November.
The couple arrived at Yangon by air the
same day.
The police have lodged a case against
them for using counterfeit money.
GNLM
(Translated by JT)
PHOTO : AYE THAN
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar
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