Villagers in Myanmar forced from their homes by an industrial development project funded by the Japanese and Myanmar governments submitted a formal complaint to the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Tokyo on Monday, demanding a probe.
JICA was the Japanese partner on the project.
Three residents, representing more than 1,000 families who either moved or are expected to be forced out in Thilawa, a suburb of Yangon, say they ended up in an area with lousy water and other facilities and few prospects for fair employment.