At Kyaukhtut and Mindat, two towns before Matupi, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi delivered speeches to supporters and well-wishers. At Kyaukhtut, over 5000 people attended the rally. On the way from Mindat to Matupi, the car carrying U Tin Oo skidded and overturned due to the dire condition of the road.

When the DVB asked U Lwin about it, he said that there is no phone connection with them and he is unable to get exact news from them. He heard that one car broke down and it had to be abandoned:

U Lwin : ‘I don’t know clearly about it. The car broke down or something, I don’t know. All I know is they had to travel on another car. The road is slippery or something like that. They are unable to drive it. They had to leave the car behind and U Tin Oo had to join other people in another car, I was told.’

The same news is also reported by Khin Maung Soe Minn from India with an interview with a local Chin national as follows:

Khin Maung Soe Minn : U Tin Oo was inside the red car that overturned this morning at about seven. A Chin national who investigated the accident said:

A local Chin national : ‘After leaving Kyaukhtut on the 10th, at a place thirty miles beyond Mindat, to the direction of Matupi, the car U Tin Oo was in overturned. No one was hurt but they are unable to retrieve the car. Its passengers joined other people in three cars and continued the journey to Matupi.’

Khin Maung Soe Minn : To confirm the news, the DVB rang Matupi and Kyaukhtut but unable to do so as there is no private phone line in the towns. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and team have to scale the 9000 feet high Mawpi Mountain to get to Matupi. Only trucks carrying logs are said to be able to travel on the 101 miles long Mindat – Matupi road even during the dry season.

It is also reported that local authorities distributed anti-Daw Aung San Suu Kyi pamphlets in Haka, Chin State.

According to the spokesman U Lwin, anti-Aung San Suu Kyi posters featuring obscene cartoons and articles and the like were also found along the way to Matupi and Gangaw.