Sunday, December 17, 2017

Ministry of Defence issues press release on land returned to the nation



December 16, 2017
The Ministry of Defence has released some of the land included in a report by the Farmlands and Other Lands Acquisition Inquiry Commission that was submitted to the 1st Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. Land that was not included in the complaints made to the commission are also being released on a case-by-case basis by military headquarters according to three guideline policies laid down. To keep the public informed, the Ministry of Defence announced in the 22 August 2014 issue of Kyaemon newspaper the release and return of a total of 209,062.73 acres.


As per the policy guideline set by the government on resolving issues of confiscated land as a priority, the Ministry of Defence is striving toward returning the released land in 2017. While assessing the work of returning released land, additional land that can be released was also further assessed, and as of 15 December 2017, a total of 258,013.559 acres as shown in the table below are being arranged to be returned.
The Ministry of Defence has released and returned more land than initially planned, but applications to return land by departments and the public will be assessed on a case-by-case basis, said the press release.

Myanmar News Agency
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar

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