Myanmar: Displaced Thilawa Villagers Descend on Tokyo

Jun 6, 2014 | Zaw Zaw Hlaing, Democratic Voice of Burma
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A group of residents living in Rangoon’s Thilawa have travelled to Tokyo to lodge a formal complaint to Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA).

JICA is leading the development of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Rangoon’s Thilawa port.

But locals living in the project area say they have repeatedly called on JICA’s Rangoon office to address concerns over the deterioration of conditions and standard of living that occurred after the Japanese agency moved in.