Myanmar: Deputy Defense Minister: Army Agriculture on Confiscated Land Saves Money

May 30, 2017 | Pe Thet Htet Khin, Irrawaddy
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The Burma Army’s farming projects inside cantonments and on confiscated land saves more than 75 billion kyats annually from the state’s budget, said Deputy Minister of Defense Maj-Gen Myint Nwe. During the Upper House legislative session on Tuesday, the deputy minister faced a question by lawmaker U Wai Sein Aung from Arakan State (1) regarding some 100 acres of land grabbed by the Light Infantry Battalion No. 270 in Sittwe in 1994. The deputy minister said his ministry had already returned some of the land to the government, and would not give back the remaining area because the battalion is farming the area.