10 arrested after returning home to Myitsone dam village

MYITKYINA, Burma — More than 10 Kachin civilians including a local Catholic nun were arrested Tuesday evening for returning to Tang Hpre, a village forcibly relocated in 2010 to make way for the Myitsone mega dam, according to eyewitness in Kachin state.

Despite Burmese President Thein Sein's announcement last September that that controversial Myitsone project was officially halted, more than 2000 villagers from Tang Hpre and 4 other relocated villages remain officially barred from returning to their homes.
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