Rangoon-Kyauk Pyu Road under construction people’s cultivated land confiscated

Sittwe-December 8: Cultivated land owned by local people lied right on the Rangoon-Kyauk Pyu road being constructed and its surrounding was confiscated by the military junta (SPDC) without being compensated, the report said.

A reservoir with a capacity of 3,00,000 gallons of water is being constructed near Maii Village, Ann Township, Arakan State and military authorities have confiscated 30000 acres of land which have been reclaimed along newly constructed Rangoon-Kyauk Pyu road, local people said.

The military authorities forced the local people living in Ann, Toung Goup and Rambree townships to work in the road construction site batch by batch. They are filling their pocket by being paid fewer wages than pay roll.

A woman had fled Bangladesh since Rangoon-Kyauk Pyu road construction started said, “I had been once a victim as a forced labor in the mentioned road construction. All labors including myself taking food for one month or two had to work at soldiers’ disposal. As a result of drinking water shortage, the laborers usually suffered from diarrhea. The labor that worked in salt water and swamp area suffered the worst, as there was no fresh water to drink and bathe. They had been thirsty due to burning sun and hard work but only salt water they used to. Under pressure of hard living condition, hard work and scarce medical treatment, many laborers fell ill and dead soon without getting any reparation. These are everyday atrocity of unfortunate Rakhine people under barbarous military rule”.

SPDC (military junta) is now speedy up to construction infrastructure needy for gas extraction to export gas to foreign countries.

The junta has no ideas of using gas for internal development. Kyauk Pyu- Rangoon road is built urgently with the objective of delivering securely needy export materials to Kyauk Pyu- all year round and all weather.

The people are in serious troubles crippling under forced labor and land confiscation, without being unable to voice against repression in the midst of total suppression. #