A Human Rights Watch report has suggested Myanmar’s government “should promptly address illegal land confiscations, compensate aggrieved parties, and reform laws to protect people against future abuses.”
Myanmar government and military officials have seized land from farmers over the past 30 years “while providing them with no or inadequate compensation”, said the 33-page report on Tuesday.
Farmers who had protested the lack of compensation or refused to leave their land often faced criminal prosecution.