Yangon Police Force to increase public security activities

for Thingyan 2016

THE Yangon Police Force (YPF) were successful in implementing their public safety works agenda over the 2015 Thingyan Festival (the country’s New Year Water Festival), according to Yangon Police Force.

In 2016 the Yangon Police Force is preparing to carry out, with increased momentum, their public security and prevention measures against criminal during the coming Thingyan festival.

To reduce the level crime over the festival the YPF, together with Organisions from respective townships, have designated an educative programme to run from 7 to 20 March. The aim is to carry out public awareness activities such as giving educative talks on prevention against narcotic drug use to the public, lecturing on abiding by traffic rules and the enforcement of the law including the banning of the use and selling of what was termed ‘sexual stimulant tablets’. –Yangon Police Force