Description:
"Seventy six peasants had signed a written complaint which they lodged
at the State Peace and Development Council against Sagaing Division,
Sagaing township, Chaung-pauk village tract, Godown village chairman U
Kyi Htay and others for illegal confiscation of their lands through
falsification and misrepresentation.
2 Information received is that U Kyi Htay and others in authority
falsely acquired 106.35 acres, (Chaung-pauk-kwin 766) alleging that a
state owned factory was to be built on the site. The truth is that the
acquisition was for the construction of the A-nu-ze-wa factory owned by
a private company. However, to this date, no factory has materialised.
3. These lands are exempt from acquisition by government under Section 6
of the Law relating to the Acquisition of Agricultural Land because none
of the owner's fields exceeded fifty acres. Therefore the acquisition is
illegal..."
Source/publisher:
National League for Democracy (NLD)
Date of Publication:
1999-06-25
Date of entry:
2009-05-18
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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