Burma: Burmese Army Plans to Return Only a Quarter of Seized Land Nationwide

Jul 3, 2014 | Democratic Voice of Burma
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The Burmese army plans to return less than 125,000 acres of farmland to its original owners, making up only less than a quarter of land seized across the country during decades of military rule, a Ministry of Defence official said on Wednesday.

Speaking to DVB on Wednesday, member of parliament Pe Than said that Brig-Gen Kyaw Nyunt, the deputy defence minister, told parliament that out of the total 473,979 acres of farmland seized across the country in 699 separate cases, the army intends to hold on to about 351,733 acres.