"This Field Report analyses information collected by KHRG field researchers between January and June 2019. Reports received at a later stage but covering events that took place during that period were also taken into account. KHRG documented that the Tatmadaw[1] reinforced its presence all across the region, and supplied more weapons and ammunition to its army camps. It also trespassed into areas controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU) to engage in contentious road constructions activities, resulting in several skirmishes with the Karen National Liberation Army in Hpapun and Nyaunglebin districts. This increase in militarisation and periodic fighting caused displacement and security concerns among the local population, and could be detrimental to the on-going peace process. Since March 11th 2019, the people using land that has been classified as vacant, fallow or virgin without an official land use permit can be charged with trespassing and face up to two years in prison under the Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Land Management Law (VFV Law). Customary land owners were only given a six-month period to apply for a permit, and most failed to meet the deadline because of lack of awareness or difficult access to land registration services. Their lands can now legally be reallocated for other purposes by the government. This development further aggravated land tenure insecurity in Southeast Myanmar and now threatens the livelihoods of countless subsistence farmers..."