May 17 explosions
continue to harsh Pegu residents' lives
IMNA
Farmers in Pegu
are discordant to rebuild their huts in the farm because local military stated
martial law and announced all the huts to be destroyed after
During the raining season, farmers need
huts to stay and rest while they are working in the farms quite far from the
town or village. Even the just small huts were ordered to destroy and all the
people who are staying in the farms were checked.
“Should we rebuild them
or not? We cannot make
decision. Some rebuild them,” a resident farmer, Daw Myit,
said.
“But majorities of them do not dare to
rebuild and stay confusing,” she added.
Currently many farmers are still busying
with farming works. Now they have go to their farms in the morning and they
have to come back home in the evening.
“It took a lot of time for going and
coming back. That’s while my son and daughters decided living in the farm
although we are afraid of being fined. But, the authorities did not say
anything yet with the attitude of farmer,”
After May 17 bomb explosions, the
authorities put tight security in town, checked all family units every house
and people living in farms. The authorities also interrogated guests of some
families, according to a town resident. They are ordered to register their
guests.
Pegu Division is one of the biggest farming
lands in all the States and Divisions of Burma and most of the Pegu
residents are farmers.