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Podcast: To sell or not to sell

This week, villagers in a remote village in Mon State are weighting up their
options to sell their lands to a private company that wants to excavate for stone and rocks. Some villagers are resisting efforts by the company to purchase the land, and the issue has divided the village.

This story by Won Sa Mon from Mon News Agency and Aye Aye Aung and Zar Ni from Frontier Myanmar.

Doh Athan is a weekly podcast which looks at human rights issues from around Myanmar. It is made by Frontier with media partners from around the country. Doh Athan is made through a partnership with Fondation Hirondelle and the support of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Myanmar and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation.

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