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Announcement of relocation of villages in Irrawaddy Myitsone dam Area
Kachin State Peace and Development Council (Pa-Ya-Ka) under Burmese junta

Date of released: May 1, 2010
Place: Myitkyina, Kachin State, Northern Burma



Picture (1): The annoucement of the junta's Kachin State Administrative Office (Pa-Ya-Ka)
for the relocation of villages around Myitsone dam site, about 25 miles north of Kachin's capital Myitkyina.

Source: Kachin News Group.


Picture (2): The gold mining contract before completion of dam construction at Myitsone.  It was granted to
two former Kachin armed groups' leaders---  Zahkung Ting Ying of Pang Wah-based New Democratic Army-Kachin (NDA-K)
and Col. Lasang Awng Wa of Lawayang-based Lasang Awng Wa Peace Group by the Burmese junta on Feb. 8, 2010.
Source: Kachin News Group