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Article

6 Dec 2013

Author:
Soe Sandar Oo, Irrawaddy (Myanmar)

Improve Compensation Offer for Thilawa Farmers: Japan NGO [Myanmar]

Japanese NGO Mekong Watch claims that the Burmese government and private project developers have failed to comply with Japanese government guidelines during the resettlement process of dozens of farmers who lived in the planned Thilawa Special Economic Zone…[It] said the compensation of 68 affected families…had violated guidelines on environmental and social considerations of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA)…[F]armers complained that they signed the agreement under duress…