Narinjara News
Forced Labour in Arakan
Capital Increases Agony
Akyab, July 6: The existence of
forced labour in Akyab, the
capital city of
According to our informants, every Saturday, the people of Akyab have to work to clean the streets and drainage from
every house.
In default, people are fined kyat 500 per house. Most of the
city’s dwellers have to work unwillingly for fear of the fine.
Boys and girls, irrespective of age, have to do the forced labour work.
Government officials also have to participate every Saturday
in cleaning work around their office premises. Failure to work results in
salary cuts.#
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