RIO DE JANEIRO, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of activists from the Landless Workers' Movement (MST) in Brazil on Tuesday occupied properties belonging to politicians and executives accused of corruption.

In a statement, the MST said that the occupations were carried out as part of a campaign to promote land reform and to protest against corruption and the administration of Brazilian President Michel Temer.

On Tuesday morning, around 800 MST members occupied the Esmeralda ranch, in the interior of Sao Paulo. The property, which covers around 1,500 hectares, belongs to architecture firm Argeplan. One of Argeplan's owners is Joao Batista Lima Filho, a close personal friend and former advisor of Temer.

In the state of Mato Grosso, another group occupied a soybean plantation owned by the Amaggi corporation, which belongs to the family of Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi.

In the state of Rio de Janeiro, around 350 people took over the Santa Rosa property in the town of Pirai, which belongs to Ricardo Teixeira, who led the Brazilian Football Confederation for over 20 years.

Houses were also occupied in other areas across the country, including the northern state of Tocantins, the southern state of Parana and the northeastern state of Bahia.

The MST, which says it represents thousands of Brazilian farmers who seek land to cultivate, announced in a statement that it demanded "the corrupt give us back the land."

Brazil has been seeing a political crisis as some government officials, including the president, are implicated in corruption charges.

Temer has been accused of soliciting bribes from the private sector in exchange for state benefits such as government loans and contracts. Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced this month to nearly 10 years in prison for corruption.