Myanmar: Ye Farmers Forced to Accept Unfair Land Compensation

Aug 26, 2014 | Burma News International
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In a recent meeting with the 88 Generation Peace and Open Society’s Farmers’ Affairs Committee, many farmers from Mon State’s Ye Township expressed their dismay at having been forced to accept compensation at below-market prices for land confiscated by the military government.

In order to gather facts on landgrabs in Mon and Karen states, the farmers’ affairs committee—an eight- member body led by Ko Tun Myint Aung—went to Ye Town from August 18-19 to meet with local farmers, whereupon the committee learned that the farmers were forced to accept unfair compensation for their land.