NLD signals end to squatter crackdowns
The sight of bulldozers smashing shanty towns as police drive out squatters from their flimsy homes could be a thing of the past, as National League for Democracy MPs take the helm in Yangon and Mandalay regions, as well as in Nay Pyi Taw.
NLD MP U Nyi Nyi, representing South Dagon township in the Yangon regional parliament, said on 8 February that the new government would not use police when resolving squatter issues or dealing with protests.
