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    Nieces of self-immolating farmer charged with trespassing
    June 2, 2015in Land, Lead Story, News240by DVB
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    Nieces of self-immolating farmer charged with trespassing

    Charges have been brought against two nieces of a farmer who died after setting himself alight in protest of military confiscation of his family’s land.

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    Farmer dies after self-immolation land protest
    May 22, 2015in Land, Lead Story, News, Protest427by NANG MYA NADI and AYE NAI
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    Farmer dies after self-immolation land protest

    Myint Aung, 63, doused himself in gasoline and self-immolated after being told that a residential project was planned for land seized two decades ago.

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    February 16, 2012in News, Politics4by AYE NAI / DVB
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    Business tycoon and MP facing lawsuit

    Powerful tycoon and member of ruling party accused of confiscating land to build industrial complex in Rangoon division

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    February 22, 2011in News, Politics2by NANG KHAM KAEW
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    Army seizes 30,000 acres of farmland

    Farmers turn to ILO but risk heavy retribution from Burmese government, which has a history of zero tolerance towards complainants

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    September 25, 2009in News, Politics0by Staff Reporter
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    Farmers' helper jailed for two years

    Sept 25, 2009 (DVB), A Burmese opposition party member has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment after pledging to help two farmers facing charges of damaging government property. Aye Myint,…

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    March 18, 2009in News1by Staff Reporter
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    Farmers' lawyer sentenced to four years in prison

    Mar 18, 2009 (DVB), A young lawyer defending farmers whose land had been forcibly seized by the army was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by Magwe division court yesterday, said…

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