Solyaku village will require a demonstration if the SPDC don’t stop confiscating land

Solyaku village will require a demonstration if the SPDC don’t stop confiscating land

By San Phyo Htun for Kantarawaddy Times. September 2014. Translated and edited by SDC students, staff and volunteers. In Solyaku village, Hpruso township, the Burmese Army’s 531st light infantry battalion have taken villager’s land. If the government cannot solve this problem, the villagers will demonstrate said Solyaku villager, Khu Htu Reh. “We are always looking at this situation. What will they say to us? How will they respond to our demands? What measures will they take? Finally, if they do not respond to us or do not take any measures, we will demonstrate.” Solyaku village is surrounded by mountains. There are only a few areas on the eastern side for growing plants. The local people rely on growing plants and using this land for agriculture. This land has now been confiscated by the military, so the local villagers do not have land to use for agriculture anymore. This issue has already been submitted to the officials according to Oo Sue Reh, a villager from Solyaku....
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