File photo shows members of Burma's special police force on guard in Rangoon. Burmese junta has deploying security guards around-the-clock at government buildings and at the offices of junta-backed groups following Tuesday’s bomb blast in Rangoon. (Photo: AFP)

Burmese authorities have begun deploying security guards around-the-clock at government buildings and at the offices of junta-backed groups following Tuesday’s bomb blast at a Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) office in Rangoon, according to sources close to authorities.
Since Tuesday’s incident at the USDA office in Shwe Pyi Thar Township in the northern outskirts of Rangoon—in which no one was killed—military authorities have increased nighttime patrols in army trucks and have set up checkpoints around the city, as well as urging the public through state-run media to remain alert and to report any suspicious activity, said the sources.
The chairman of Rangoon City Development Committee, Brig-Gen Aung Thein Linn, who is also an official with junta-backed civic organization USDA, told reporters in Rangoon that members of the USDA will be deployed as security guards around assigned offices and buildings. 
Speaking to The Irrawaddy on Thursday, an official from Rangoon City Development Committee who requested anonymity said: “Aung Thein Linn said that he will increase security patrols. All USDA offices will be guarded 24 hours. And members of the USDA will be deployed as security troops.”  
A USDA member in Kyauktada Township said that security guards recruited from his organization would undergo security training.