Photo: Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier
A view of Kayah State's richly forested mountains and fertile valleys, which are coveted by the military. (Nyein Su Wai Kyaw Soe | Frontier)

Military land-grabbing gathers pace under cover of conflict

Farmers and other land-owners have no legal recourse against a regime using war to seize land for military bases, client corporations and grandiose infrastructure projects.

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