Myanmar: Myanmar Army Will Not Return Seized Lands in Shan, Rakhine States: Deputy Defense Minister

Jun 20, 2018 | Radio Free Asia
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The Myanmar military will not return lands seized from civilians for security or training purposes in Shan or Rakhine states or pay them compensation, the country’s deputy defense minister told the upper house of parliament on Wednesday. Sai Wan Hlaing Kham, an upper house lawmaker from the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy party who represents Shan state's constituency No. 3, asked General Myint Nwe whether the national military planned to return lands seized in Kaykham village, Lashio township, in northern Shan state after villagers lost all the land they had worked on for generations.