Buthidaung, September 16: "Nasaka forces confiscated about 315 acres of farmland and the villagers have to pay forced labor to grow paddy in the confiscated lands at Buthidaung Township of Arakan State, belonging to villagers for their own business purpose, said a villager of Panze. In the first week of August 2004, by the order of Nasaka Sector Commander No. 9, the local Nasaka officials confiscated the farmland from villagers of Buthidaung north. Nasaka confiscated 200 acres from Kyaung Taung, 12 acres from Tin May and 103 acres from Ba Da Gar village tracts of Buthidaung Township, he further added..."