Myanmar: Minister Faces Land-Grab Accusations

Mar 27, 2015 | Wa Lone, Myanmar Times
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Minister for Agriculture U Myint Hlaing has been embroiled in allegations that he oversaw the confiscation of thousands of acres of land while military commander in northeastern Shan State.

Watchdog group Global Witness made the allegations in a report released yesterday, titled “Guns, Cronies and Crops”, in which it also said the Union Solidarity and Development Party had benefited from the confiscations.

The group interviewed 124 people from 11 villages in Lashio district that lost their land to confiscations. They told the group that the military, working together with government officials, took the land without conducting any consultations and offered almost no compensation.