of the journrnalists coveri the villalage discussssions goe visit the local branch of the arakan national partykyaukoyu. he has questions for the representative of rakhine state in the national assembly. >> it's an anxious time for villagers. and one of the problems is authoritities have given them little information on n how the plan to proceed with the special economic zone. the law governing special economic zones in myanmar was passed in january 2011. then president thein sein was guiding the country's transition to civilian government. he also wanted to fix a broken economy. decades of military rule had left myanmar isolated from the international community and heavily reliant on china for support. aiming to reduce that dependency, thein sein courted investment from other nations. the result was the creation of myanmar's first special economic zone, the tillawar sez. work to develop the zone got under way in 2015 after a deal was concluded with the japanese government the previous year. tillawat is now home to more than 80 companies. many are from japan and thailand. a joint venture operat