Narinjara News
Forced Labour Continues
in Arakan
Sittwe, December 28: Despite the junta
claims that there is no forced labour in Burma, there
have been incidents of forced labour continue to
happened in Ann Township, Arakan state.
Between November 15-20th, 25 villagers from May La Maung
village of Ann Township had to collect material for the building and forced to
build them without receiving any wages.
This incident occurred under the direction of Captain Thu Raine
Htun, the commander of Ann region under the Western
Command. The buildings are to house the engineers and workers for the Ann-MaEi road building.
Similarly, 30 villagers from Ka Zu Kaine village were forced to clear the shoulders of the
road.
According to the local sources, the road between Ann and Ma Ei
building has progressed to half a mile by the end of November, and the regional
military authority are getting the local people to “volunteer” at the road
building by saying that “you should work to build the road you are going to
use, and who else would come and build for you.”#
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