Myanmar: ‘Colonial Style’ Red Tape Blamed for Delay in Returning Seized Land

Sep 23, 2014 | Paing Soe, Democratic Voice of Burma
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Burma’s parliamentary Farmland Investigation Commission has cited the overwhelming layers of bureaucracy – said to resemble archaic practices from the days of colonial rule – as the foremost cause for delays in returning confiscated land to its original owners.

Presenting a damning report before the legislative assembly in Naypyidaw on Monday, the Commission said its findings were based on the feedback of 11 teams sent across Burma to monitor the implementation of land return schemes.