Mine Lar’s Sut Lway jetty seeks to shed its bad image
Hidden deep in the forest about 250 kilometres from the notorious sin city of Mine Lar in Shan State is the decrepit Sut Lway jetty on the Mekong River.
Despite its tumble-down appearance, Sut Lway is the gateway for an illicit trade in luxury motor vehicles and other goods that make their way into Mine Lar and other parts of Shan State and neighbouring areas, sometimes all the way to Mandalay. Luxury cars, such as Chevrolets, Fords, Porsches, BMWs and Lexuses, which are ubiquitous in Mine Lar and neighbouring Panghsang and Taunggyi, enter the country through Sut Lway.
Nanda, Chan Thar
