Narinjara News, 21 May2022
Major Aye Tun (aka Tun Min Naing), a senior Arakan Army (AA) leader, warned through his social media poststo boycott military council productsand not to buy homes from the Shwe Yati beach project in Gwa township of Rakhine State. He posted iton 17 May in his Facebook
space.
The houses for sale in the Shwe Yati beach project were confiscated during the tenure of the SLORC, SPDCand later semi-democratic regimes lootedthe land. They also tried to sell the land area as they were about to withdraw from Rakhine due tothe socio-political
instabilities.
The AA leader, who is also brother of AA commander-in-chief General Tun Myat Naing, asserted that the ULA / AA has aresponsibility to investigate the matterand return the land area to the Arakanese people who are the real owners.
Mentionable is that Shwe Yati beach new town project with zone A alone covers 14 acres and zone C doesover 30 acres of land.
The new city project is projected to include a hotel,swimming pool, gymnasium, library,restaurant as well as other recreational facilities. The plots will be sold ranging from kyat 260 to1,600 lakh.
"Do not forget that the land belonged to the Rakhine people and the land was illegally confiscated by themilitary authority,” said his postadding that large tracts of the land along the Rakhine coast were bought by the authority and theselands are being sold in bulk.
“Burmese people should be politically enlightened. Now that the ULA / AA remains in power in Rakhine State,the cronies are selling their plotsof land for fear of losing their influences. Burmese people should not buy those. We do not wantyou to lose your money,” said the
post.
Major Aye Tun urged the Rakhine people not to use any product made by the military-owned company. He argued that the militarycouncil was disrupting the flow ofessential items to Rakhine State and finallycausing the Rakhine people to starve.
“The Rakhine people have a responsibility not to use Military company products. We have the responsibility to retaliateagainst the military authority whichhas been plotting conspiracies against our people. So do not use Mytel, military products includingalcohol, beer, etc,” said the leaderin social media space.