The Impact of the confiscation of Land, Labor,

Capital Assets and forced relocation in Burma by

the military regime

Dr Nancy Hudson-Rodd and Dr Myo Nyunt

Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley Campus, Western Australia 6050

Saw Thamain Tun,

Economic & Finance Committee, National Council of Union of Burma (NCUB)

Sein Htay

Economics & Research Department, Federation of Trade Unions-Burma (FTUB)

First part (649K - pdf)
http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/land_confiscation1-20.pdf

1. Introduction 1

2. Historical Context and Current Implications of the State Taking Control

of People, Land and Livelihood 2

2.1. Under the Democratically Elected Government 2

2.1.1. The Land Nationalization Act 1953 2

2.1.2. The Agricultural Lands Act 1953 2

3. Under the Revolutionary Council (1962-1974) 2

3.1. The Tenancy Act 1963 3

3.2. The Protection of the Right of Cultivation Act, 1963 3

4. The State Gains Further Control over the Livelihoods of Households 3

4.1. Under the Burma Socialist Programme Party (BSPP) Rule (1974 - 1988) 3

4.1.1 Land Policy and Institutional Reforms 3

4.2 Under the Military Rule II - SLORC/SPDC (1988 - present) 4

4.2.1. Keeping it Together: Agriculture, Economy, and Rural Livelihood 5

5. Militarization of Rural Economy 8

5.1. Land confiscation 8

5. 2. Land reclamation 11

5.3. Military Agricultural Projects 13

5.4. The Fleecing of Burmese Farmers 15

5.5. Procurement 17

Second part: (812K - pdf)
http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/land_confiscation21-30.pdf

5.5.1. Other crops 20

5.5.2. Farmers tortured in Mon State 23

6. Forced Relocation and Disparity of Income and wealth 25

7. Conclusion 29

Appendices (not yet acquired)

Appendix 1. Summary Report on Human Rights Violations by SPDC and

DKBA Troops in 7 Districts of KNU ( 2000 to 2002) 31

Appendix 2. Forced labor by SPDC troops on road construction from

Pa-pun to Kamamaung in 2003 38

Appendix 3. Survey Questionnaires (Ward/village and Household - in Burmese) 45