"The Burmese authorities are selling off plots of Burma?s land to the highestbidder. In 2002, Saytoktaya Township farmlands were illegally occupied so thatthe government could build a military service factory. Fields and crops werebulldozed and no compensation was provided. In May 2009, authorities in Arakan State confiscated farms for the purpose of providing land for a Chinese gas pipeline construction project from the Indian Ocean to Mainland China. The promised compensation never materialized In December 2010, the government permitted a large Chinese company, Two Diamond Dragon, to confiscate hundreds of acres of farmland from local people in Kachin State..."