Houses built for 130 newly arriving settler families

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Maung-daw, June 15: "The Na-Sa-Ka border security force of Burma has since May 29th taken initiatives to build houses for 130 new settler families who are arriving soon from central Burma to the Maung-daw Township area, reports our correspondent. The houses are being built near Aung Mingla village under the stern directives of the Na-Sa-Ka acting commander, Lieutenant Colonel Myint Oo. Around 250 villagers living near the construction site have been used as forced labourers. Most of them are farmers. Nearby villagers said that the labourers are told they must postpone their own agricultural business to work without any payment in house construction for the settlers. Under the construction scheme, these labourers will be building houses, a monastery, a school, a dispensary, and a meditation centre, along with digging several ponds and wells..."

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Narinjara News

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2004-06-15

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2004-08-01

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