Figure 3: Map of Kyaukpyu Project route, including ethnic fighting linked to pipeline development. Source: EATLAS, 2019. Amnesty International has reported that not only are military clearance operations driven by a need to secure specific portions of land for economic infrastructure development, there is an additional motive to be considered. The report by Amnesty International, titled Remaking Rakhine State (2018) includes: . . . satellite imagery and interviews to point to a rapid increase in military infrastructure and other construction since the start of the year that researchers say amounts to a “land grab.” “The new evidence and the rebuilding that Amnesty has documented . . . shows that the Myanmar authorities [Tatmadaw] are building over the top of the very places the Rohingya need to return to,” Tirana Hassan, Amnesty’s crisis response director, told AFP . . . . The rights group says structures for security forces, helipads, and even roads have been built in and around torched Rohingya properties. (Amnesty International Report, 2018) 95

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