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Myanmar: Farmers receive lengthy prison sentence

Written byMong Palatino
Posted 23 May 2011 14 years ago

Aye Nai reports that farmers involved in a land dispute in Myanmar were given 8 to 12 years of prison convictions by a court. The land is owned by the military. The farmers are accused of stoning, cursing, damaging property, trespassing and violation of export/import law.

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