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The Anomaly of the Hill Area Committees
There was no consultation with the hill areas committees nor was there any consultation with the people of the area. So see the tribals are by nature. We don't take arbitrary decisions. The chieftains actually are the real owners of land. And without insulting the chieftains, if you do something, it's an insult to the whole tribal community. See it's like this. There is some truth that people from across the border, from Myanmar, cookies from across theborder had been coming,. especially after the junta took over the rule of Myanmar because they were persecuted there.
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