The chairman of the National League of Democracy (NLD) in Chin State and parliamentary candidate, Pu Zo Bawi, was involved in a car accident in Hakha at 7.15am on Sunday 11 October.
While pulling away from traffic lights on New Market Block in his Toyota Prado Land Cruiser he confused the vehicle's brake and accelerator pedals and ploughed into a cloth shop and a cosmetics shop before careering off the road 20 yards from the shops.
Luckily Pu Zo Bawi was uninjured but the two shops were badly damaged.
An eyewitness said: "As it was Sunday no one was in the way or hurt. It is the third time there has been a car accident around here."
The traffic department has been investigating and has questioned Pu Zo Bawi.
Pu Zo Bawi will be contesting constituency number one in Hakha Townnship in the forthcoming 8 November general elections.
Edited in English by Mark Inkey for BNI
