No compensation for village houses destroyed by oil and gas project

July 4, 2022

HURFOM: In February, 2022, officials from the “Yadanar Natural Oil and Gas Project” conducted a survey in the village of Pauk Pin Kwin, located in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division.

The survey destroyed 12 houses, and those who suffered property losses have not received any compensation.

“When they did a land survey, they didn’t inform the village Administrator, and they haven’t paid compensation for houses that were destroyed as a result,” said Ko Maung Htoo, the village Administrator of Pauk Pin Kwin village.

The Yadanar Natural Oil and Gas Project bought land plots in the village in 2002/2003 but the company did nothing with the land. Eventually local villagers built houses on these plots.

After the coup, the company showed renewed interest in their project.

Oil companies, like TOTAL, chose to withdraw from the project in light of human rights abuses conducted by the military since the coup. Only a Japanese Company, called Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration and the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise which is controlled by the military junta continue to support the Yadanar project.

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