!! #myanmar #19 #NayPyiTaw #residents #jailed #for #protest #against #landgrabbing #hardlabour

21.01.2015

19 jailed for protest against land seizures

A Pobbathiri Township court issued sentences against 19 Nay Pyi Taw residents yesterday for holding a ploughing competition in protest of the government’s seizure of their land to use it for state-run newspapers.
Judge Khin Win sentenced Zaw Lat, the protest leader, to seven years in prison with hard labour, while 18 others will serve prison sentences ranging from four to six years plus hard labour.
“The unilateral verdict is based only on police statements. We were not allowed to call witnesses. We were afforded no rights. It is totally unfair for us to receive long-term sentences,” said Zaw Lat.
In the 2003-4 fiscal year, the information ministry confiscated more than 500 acres of land to build a printing house for state-run newspapers in Webyan village, Zeyathiri Township. Twenty-two farmers received compensations that were far lower than actual land prices in 2009-10, and 38 others were not compensated at all.
The government’s failure to negotiate with the villagers about the seized land led to a protest on September 12, 2013. More than 70 police raided the protest and arrested the villagers, who reportedly defended themselves. The protesters were then charged with several crimes, including disturbances to police duties.
Thae Maung Maung, a lawyer for Zaw Lat, said they would file an appeal at a higher court. cr. eleven media

#ระวัง #crime #ปัตตานี #ขณะนี้! #ใบบน #ถนนสาย #42 ต. #บานา

ขณะนี้! ชาวบ้านเดือดร้อนหนัก โจรใต้โปรยตะปูเรือใบป่วนปัตตานีเสียหายหลายคัน…
รับแจ้งจากชาวบ้านว่าเวลาประ 21.30 น. เป็นต้นมาได้มีกลุ่มโจรใต้ก่อกวนด้วยการโปรยตะปูเรือใบบนถนนสาย 42 ต.บานา อ.เมือง จ.ปัตตานี ทั้งสองข้าง ทำให้รถยนต์ชาวบ้านได้รับความเสียหายหลายคัน…
ผู้ใช้รถใช้ถนนช่วงบริเวณถนนสายดังกล่าวโปรดใช้ความระมัดระวัง… cr. truth
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#MYANMAR #Release of #post- #mortem #results on #murdered #Kachin #teachers #postponed

‪‎Burma‬ Democratic Concern (BDC) totally denounces murder and rape of Kachin teachers.
‪‎Burma‬ Democratic Concern (BDC) totally denounces murder and rape of Kachin teachers. This is totally unacceptable no matter what. We call for Burmese government to independently investigate the case and bring anyone responsible before justice.

 

 

Two teacher
killings
The ground.
Killed homes
Muse far from town 9 miles.
Where is the killer? Who is the killer ?

 

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YANGON – Although investigations of two young female volunteer teachers from the Kachin Baptist ConventionYANGON – Although investigations of two young female volunteer teachers from the Kachin Baptist Convention (KBC) who were brutally raped and killed in Kaungkhar village in northern Shan State on January 19 are ongoing, the post-mortem results gathered on January 20 cannot be issued at once, said Zaw Yar, the KBC secretary for Momauk Zone.
“About 20 police officers, including the head of the Police Department for Muse District, went to Kaungkhar village again yesterday. We investigated not only all soldiers from No 503 Infantry Regiment under the North-East Command but also the Tactical Operations Commander and Column Commander deployed in the village, as well as the villagers. We urged them to seek the culprits. The investigation is not yet complete,” Zaw Yar told the Daily Eleven.
All soldiers from No 503 Infantry Regiment under the North-East Command are being investigated because the women were raped and murdered while the regiment was in the village.