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…
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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…
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…