Karenni State Court Throws Out Military Case Against Farmers t.sidekickopen78.com

The Karenni State court has dismissed an appeal brought by the Burma Army against 21 farmers after the military argued that a township-level sentence was too lenient. The state-level court threw out the case on August 14, which was originally tried in Loikaw Township. The farmers were initially charged with violating multiple laws, including Article 6(1) of Public Property Protection Act and Article 447 of the Trespassing Law, when they attempted to cultivate crops on farmland seized by the military.