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These are the permission papers. People in relocation sites need permission by SPDC authorities or army officers to come back and work in their rice plantations. For one permission paper the villager have to give at least 100 kyat. Sometimes villagers are allowed to come back in the morning and return in the evening. Whether permission is granted depends on the SPDC officer, sometimes villagers are allowed go to their fields for a week andsomethimes they are not. Because of these reasons many villagers' crops were destroyed by wild pigs while they were absent for a long time, or at night and during the weekend. This meant many villagers did not have enough rice to survive. Villagers have to borrow money to survive and many got into debt.

 


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