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22 Jan 2014

Govt Not Recognizing Scale of Land-Grabs in Burma: Lawmakers

The Burmese government has acknowledged just a fraction of more than 6,000 land-grab complaints filed with a parliamentary committee, lawmakers say, with a cabinet official telling Parliament…that total complaints numbered less than 800…Members of a parliamentary land investigation committee are not satisfied with Ohn Than’s [deputy minister for agriculture and irrigation] math, and are urging the deputy minister to explain in detail how the government intends to address the thousands of outstanding cases…Countless cases of farmers and other landowners having property seized by the military, private companies or used for national projects over the last half-century have made the issue a priority for parliamentarians…