Land owner slams party, authorities over inaction
By Noe Noe Aung | Monday, 10 June 2013The owner of a block of land in Hlaing Tharyar township has accused a political party of ignoring her complaints that a member of the party has been living illegally on her land for months.
Daw Thandar Nay Win said the man living on the 9600-square-foot plot of land had erected a sign for the Democratic Party (Myanmar) in front of his hut.
She said she had complained to the party but was told to settle the dispute directly with the man. Ward administration officials have also failed to act on her complaints, she said.
"I found out on May 11 that someone was living on the land that I bought a couple of years ago and when I went to check I found he had put up a sign for a political party in front of the hut," Daw Thandar Nay Win said late last month. "Later some people from the Democratic Party came and said that I would have to deal directly with that man."
"I didn't have a chance to meet with him. The neighbour said he goes out all day and only comes back at night so I had to talk with some people from that party. They told me I should pay some money, a kind of compensation, to this man. This is nonsense. Why should I have to pay money to a man who squats on my land without my permission?" she said.
Daw Thandar Nay Win said she bought the land in early 2010 and has all the required documents. The size of the plot has been certified by Yangon City Development Committee, she said.
But when she showed the documents to ward officials they ignored her requests to help remove the man from her land.
She said she had not yet gone to the police because she did not want the man to be charged.
"I thought that if I wanted to take action then telling the ward or township authorities and officials from the party would be enough but no one has taken any action. I don't want to make any trouble for this man and I don't want to be unnecessarily busy. But removing this man by paying money is obviously not the right thing to do."
But U Thaung Tun, the head of the Democratic Party's Hlaing Tharyar township office, said that while the man is a party member the dispute does not concern the party.
"It's the private affair of that man," he said. "We are not going to tell him to remove himself from the land. If the land owner wants him to move out, she should talk to him directly."
U Thaung Tun said that the man started living on the land because it appeared empty.
"The land is empty and there is no fence, that's why people can easily live in it. It's the owner's responsibility. She can complain to the police station or talk with township administrator. That's her choice," U Thaung Tun said.
But a spokesperson for the party's central office, U Ye Min Oo, said headquarters plans to investigate the incident.
Source: http://www.news.myanmaronlinecentre.com/2013/07/06/land-owner-slams-party-authorities-over-inaction/
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