Myanmar: Govt. will return lands confiscated during military rule; legislator alleged that 200 acres were instead sold to businesses
"Government vows to speed up return of confiscated farmland", 3 January 2019
The Myanmar government has almost finished a review of farmland confiscated during military rule and will hasten its return this year, an official of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation said.
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"The committee has apparently been reminded by senior officials not to delay the process, which it expects to complete in 2020," the official said.
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Some Pyithu Hluttaw MPs said that some of the confiscated land had been given up by the Tatmadaw (military), but has not yet been returned to the original owners.
U Kyaw Than Tun, Amyotha Hluttaw (Upper House) MP for Constituency 3 in Mandalay Region, alleged that more than 200 acres in Madaya township in Mandalay that should have been returned to the original owners were instead sold to four business owners....