NLD Statement 91/2000

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"The 266 Battalion in Hakka township of the Chin State had a company encamped in Har-phe village. On 23 March 1999 it was moved to Wunthu village, 15 miles away.The villagers from Wunthu and its vicinity (30 villages in all) had to provide not only "forced labour" for the construction of the new site, but also bear the cost of such transfer. Our information is that they were paid nothing for their labour. All expenses were out of their own pockets.They could not attend to their own cultivation in time and suffered great loss..."

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National League for Democracy (NLD)

Date of Publication: 

2000-06-21

Date of entry: 

2009-05-19

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