Crackdown on Unlicensed Vehicles Halts Emergency Patient Transport Services

A crackdown on unlicensed vehicles by the military junta has intensified in Karen and the Mon States, resulting in the suspension of emergency patient transport services, according to humanitarian rescue team officials.

Following Senior General Min Aung Hlaing’s directive during a high-level meeting in Naypyidaw on May 20 to take strict action against unlicensed vehicles, authorities have begun conducting aggressive raids, often reaching into residential neighbourhoods. These operations have reportedly included the seizure of emergency medical transport vehicles.