Myanmar: Businesses Misusing Farmland Face Hefty Fines, Warns Minister

Feb 20, 2019 | Htoo Thant, Myanmar Times
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The government will punish people and companies that use farmland for purposes other than growing crops with a fine of 30 percent of the land’s market value. The government-led Leading Committee for Farmers Rights, Protection and Promoting of Interests set the penalty at a meeting earlier this month, said U Aung Thu, committee secretary and minister of Agriculture, Livestock Breeding and Irrigation.