Description:
"1. On the site where the road from Meiktila leads to Kyaukpadaung is a
billboard with the words -"Mandalay Division, Meiktila Township,
Thaphanchaung-Yeway Development Road ( 31 miles 1 furlong and 18
feet wide). Kyats sixty two lakhs (6.2 million) of cost donated by Brigadier
General Kyi Win, Director of Armour and Artillery Corps, and 71st Armour
Battalion No: 1,4,5 and 8. Constructed by warrant officers, sergeants,
corporals, soldiers and civilians. "
2. According to the information that has come to us the true story is
that commencing from the month of September 1996 residents from about
one hundred villagers that lie to the east and west of the said road
were forced to dig up rocks and stones from wherever they could be found
and convey them to the road construction site. No military personnel
participated, no implements were supplied, and no payment was made. The
villagers laboured like animals with their own hands, their own
crowbars, and their own knives..."
Source/publisher:
National League for Democracy (NLD)
Date of Publication:
1999-06-22
Date of entry:
2009-05-18
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Language:
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