Myanmar farmers seek compensation for land grabs

Angry farmers in Pyu township, Bago Region, are demanding compensation for land confiscated for government projects, including highways, roads and dams.

“About 70 percent of people in Pyu are farmers. Up to 10,000 acres of land has been confiscated for those projects,” farmer U Khin Zaw told a press conference at Pyu on February 17.

The farmers are complaining about development projects such as the Kwin Chaung, Phyu Chaung, Nga Mwe dams, highways, and a bus station and recreation centre at Pyu.