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405 villagers from Maubin Township Reclaim Confiscated Lands

Originally appeared in Yangon Media Group

May 14, 2012

405 farmers from Maletto Village, Maubin Township, Irrawaddy Division sent an appeal letter to President Thein Sein on May 12 requesting help in reclaiming their farming lands confiscated by U Pai company. These more than 1,000 acres of lands were confiscated in 2004.

See the original article in Burmese.

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