Sat - 14 Aug 2021 - 02:03 AM ،،،
The Muslim Brotherhood-linked local authorities of Shabwa governorate have imposed new restrictions and levies of up to 700 Yemeni Rials on the shop owners.
Small restaurants, groceries and cafes are included in the newly-imposed levies from each according to their financial ability.
The merchants of the oil-rich southern province of Shabwa accused the Brotherhood-linked local authorities led by Shabwa's governor Mohammad Saleh bin Adyo of illegally imposing levies and royalties under different names in a bid to repeat the same scenario of the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist militia in north Yemen.
Earlier this year, similar levies were imposed by the Brotherhood's militias on the people in al-Mahfed district of Abyan where angry protesters took to the streets to express rejection of the policy of starvation applied by the Yemeni arm of Muslim Brotherhood organization within Yemen's legitimacy in the province.
They held the Brotherhood-linked local authorities responsible for the appearance of banditry in Abyan, in addition to extortion and intimidation of the civilian population by force of arms.