Myanmar: Nowhere to Go: Myanmar Farmers under Siege from Land Law

Apr 3, 2019 | Jacob Goldberg, Al Jazeera
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Han Win Naung is accused of violating the Vacant, Fellow and Virgin (VFV) Lands Management Law which requires anyone living on land categorised as "vacant, fallow, and virgin" to apply for a permit to continue using it for the next 30 years.The law has sparked outrage among land-rights activists, who say it criminalises millions of farmers who do not have permits and lays the ground for unchecked land seizures by the government, the military and private companies.