"On the Thai-Myanmar border – Military control of a road-widening project through ethnic Karen territory in Myanmar's southeast is in breach of the country's ceasefire agreement, contributing to renewed fighting and possibly implicating government institutions, Al Jazeera has learned. The widening of the unpaved road to nearly 10.5 metres from 3.7 metres runs for nearly 40km through territory controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU), one of 10 ethnic armed groups to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the government and military - known as the Tatmadaw - since 2015. Ethnic Karen groups say that by leading the project, the military has been able to increase troops in KNU territory, move them without securing the KNU's permission and engage in land grabs. All of which is prohibited under the terms of the ceasefire. "That's why trust-building is ruined," Saw Tadoh Moo, general secretary of the KNU, said. "With these kinds of activities, how can we trust them?" The UN Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar has also found human rights violations in relation to infrastructure projects in territories where ethnic minorities have fought for decades for greater autonomy. In its final report released on Monday, the mission detailed allegations of "firing on and shelling villages, destroying property, injuring civilians and committing violent acts" by the military during road construction in Karen communities. After decades of civil war, the de-facto head of state Aung San Suu Kyi said in 2016 that Myanmar's peace process was a top priority for her National League for Democracy (NLD) government. Yet as accusations of ceasefire and rights violations mount, questions have been raised about the NLD administration's role in the road expansion in Bago Region's Kyaukkyi Township..."