Narinjara News
What is the law for shrimp cultivation?
Pauktaw, 19th June 03: The shrimp
farmers of
A businessman said that Shrimp farming has brought millions of dollar into
Quoting a source in the shrimp export sector our correspondent said that
beginning 2001 the ruling military regime of
Last year the State Department of Embankment and Irrigation took action against
twenty-one shrimp farmers of
It was learnt from a close associate of them that they bribed Brigadier Kyaw
Thein, the Chairman of Sittwe District, a very large sum of money to get a permit
for shrimp farming. After Kyaw Thein was transferred the new District
Chairman overruled the permit and brought charges of the destruction of
environment against them last year.
Large shrimp farms around the village including those in Thawangchhaung,
Taungphu, Nagwe, Punnagri, Nan-dak-kyun, etc. have
been left behind. It is alleged that all the shrimp farm owners of these
areas have been forced to pay millions of kyat as bribe to the military
intelligence and the Embankment and Irrigation Department officials just to
keep the business going.
Two prominent shrimp farmers in the area said that they are facing the threat
of big financial loss if they destroy the farms and if they continue shrimp
farming they have to bribe the military intelligence and other law enforcing
agencies. #