DVB Debate: When Does the Government Have the Right to Take Land?

May 6, 2014 | DVB
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Wealthy Burmese companies with political leverage, often financially backed by foreign investors, have been claiming farmlands around the country for development projects over the past two years, taking advantage of constitutional loopholes. But land rights issues have risen to the top of the political agenda in Burma as events and protests on the subject begin to capture front pages.