Myanmar's ruling military junta denied reports Wednesday that it was deducting a 10 percent tax from foreign donations to cyclone victims, saying all incoming money is being spent on relief efforts.
The state-owned New Light of Myanmar newspaper said foreign radio broadcasts had wrongly accused the government of deducting the tax from donations deposited in the Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank.
The state bank, which usually deducts 10 percent from all foreign currency deposits, has opened special accounts to accept U.S. dollars, euros and Singapore dollars from which all donations would be fully channeled to cyclone survivors, the newspaper said.
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