Toungoo Situation Update: Thandaunggyi Township, July 2014

Description: 

"This Situation Update describes events occurring in Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District in July 2014, including livelihood problems due to land confiscation: In 2014, Tatmadaw Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) #603 confiscated over 200 acres of villagers? land without providing any compensation... The villagers requested permission to collect their crops from LIB #603, however they were denied access to their fields. Instead, LIB #603 allowed local female police officers to collect the crops for themselves... The villagers reported this case to the regional sub-township office, as well as both district and state parliaments, however they had not yet received a reply at the time this report was published..."

Source/publisher: 

Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)

Date of Publication: 

2014-12-05

Date of entry: 

2015-01-08

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English

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