Myanmar: Farmers Right’s Activist Jailed

Jul 24, 2015 | Soe Ya, Democratic Voice of Burma
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Farmer’s rights advocate Su Su Nway has been jailed in Pegu Division after being charged with trespassing. As leader of the Myanmar Farmers Union, Su Su Nway in 2014 began assisting local farmers in Intagaw who claimed that the Burmese army had confiscated around 5,000 acres of their farmland.