Contents: 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose of Discussion Paper 2. Background History 2.1 Ethnic Politics and Military Interference 3. Land tenure legislation (1948-62) 3.1 Earlier a brief period of Democracy (1948-1962) 3.2 Under BSBP rule (1962 - 1988) 3.3 Under Military ruling (1988 - Up to now) 4. Socio-Economic Poverty and Land Ownership 5. Summary of Findings 6. Analysis of Findings 7. Militarization and land confiscation 8. No rights to a fair Market price and food sovereignty 9. Abusing the environment and natural resources 10. New poverty due to illegal Tax payment