Group of Tamils has been held on the island, site of a secretive US military base, since October last year.
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Group of Tamils has been held on the island, site of a secretive US military base, since October last year.
The Myanmar government has tightened a law on so-called ‘vacant, fallow and virgin’ land, and farmers are at risk.