Due to Pressure with Weapons, over 70 Families Relying on Dawei Chaung Dump Site Move
By MPA
Following the terrorist military’s warning letters to move their houses within five days, residents at Yangon’s biggest dump pile, Dawei dump site, had to move on the 1st of December.
“When they came here, about seven soldiers, they were with guns. So they were afraid and moved,” said a resident.
Those living at the dump site, located in Yangon’s North Dagon and East Dagon, were sent warning letters by the CDC on the 25th of November to move until December 1.
Currently, over 70 households have already moved and those who could not move reportedly sent a petition. Including 7 monasteries and one nunnery, there are 79 houses at Dawei Chaung dump site.
“I don’t know where to move. Now, we don’t have money either. I don’t know what to do next. Renting a house is not easy”, said a resident.
The majority of the squatters make a living by searching water bottles, bits of steels from the dump pile.
Since the previous month, the terrorist military has been destroying squatters’ areas and they are also forcing those who hold smart cards issued by the previous government to move.