Grassroots activist pressured by police
Feb 6, 2009 (DVB), Grassroots activist Than Soe, who helped local farmers in Magwe's Aung Lan township report land seizures, has gone into hiding after being threatened with arrest by[…]
Farmland confiscated for road to defence factory
Feb 3, 2009 (DVB), More than 20 acres of farmland in Setoketaya township, Magwe division, have been confiscated to build a road to a defence materiel factory six miles outside[…]
Monk seizes farmland in Bago for pagoda
Jan 16, 2009 (DVB), Local farmers from Tawwi in Bago division’s Nyaunlaypin township have complained that a monk named Dhamma Pala has seized their land to build a pagoda. A[…]
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Magwe farmers banned from working land
Dec 15, 2008 (DVB), Farmers from Natmauk township, Magwe division, have been banned by the army from working on their land after filing a report with the International Labour Organisation[…]
Prome police seize weapons and explosives
Mar 28, 2008 (DVB), Prome township police seized firearms and explosives on Tuesday afternoon in a raid on the home of a bamboo shop owner in Koe Thaung ward, locals[…]
Rangoon police seize guns in Bago
Mar 26, 2008 (DVB), Several firearms were seized by Rangoon division police on Saturday at a bus terminal in the Bago division capital Kambawza, according to local residents. A bus[…]
Forestry officials take land without compensating owners
Feb 11, 2008 (DVB), Farmers in Taung Twin Gyi township, Magwe division, have complained that the township forestry department has been cultivating parts of their privately-owned land without giving compensation.[…]
Land seized for rubber plantation
Feb 7, 2008 (DVB), Three thousand acres of privately-owned land has been seized from Ngwe Saung township farmers by family members of a State Peace and Development Council general, according[…]
Bago authorities seize land from farmers
Jan 29, 2008 (DVB), Farmers in Shwe Kyin township, Bago division, have complained that local authorities have forcedly seized their lands and sold them on to other individuals. U Htay[…]
Government seizes farmland from locals
Dec 31, 2007 (DVB), The Burmese government has seized over 1000 acres of privately-owned farmlands near Meikhtila airbase for an upcoming factory project, according to locals. On 27 October, Meikhtila[…]
Burma seizes 40 kilos of opium in November
Dec 14, 2007 (AFP), Burma, the world’s second-largest opium producer after Afghanistan, seized nearly 40 kilogrammes (88 pounds) of the drug in November, state media said Friday. There were 239[…]
