Farmers confront minister over alleged land grab
Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing came under pressure from constituents on 23 September over allegations land had been taken from farmers and placed in his wife’s name.
But the minister, who has previously been linked to large land grabs during his time as a regional military commander, deflected the questions, urging the aggrieved farmers to settle their problems through the legal system.
The group of 15 farmers was then stopped from asking further questions and the minister’s campaign event was halted abruptly.
U Khin Maung Tint from Guhnalone-sezu village in Naypyidaw’s Dekkhinathiri township, where U Myint Hlaing is running for a Pyithu Hluttaw seat, asked the question while the minister was campaigning in Shwe Gyi Inn village.
