Myanmar: Karenni State Villagers Ask Min Aung Hlaing to Let Them Farm

Aug 21, 2014 | DVB Media
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Local villagers in Karenni State’s Hpruso Township sent a letter to Burma’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing for permission to farm on land that was allegedly seized from them by the Burmese Army in 1993.

Residents of Solyaku village in northern Hpruso Township said that the 531^st Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) seized more than 1,200 acres of their farmland, prompting them to stage a “plough protest” in the land, which has been cordoned off.