"...On 22 December 2014, Daw Khin Win, 57, was shot to death by the police under command of army officers who were cracking down on a public protest by local people at the site of the Letpadaung copper mine pro-ject. Workers for the companies— China?s Wanbao and the Burmese military-owned Union of Myanmar Economic Holding Ltd (UMEHL)—were fencing disputed land. On the day the incident happened, Daw Khin Win went to look after her 7 acres of fields which were confiscated. Several others who were with her were also injured. AHRC-UAC-001-2015-01.jpgAround 10 a.m. that day, three groups of the companies? workers started fencing around Saete village in the west, east and northwest. The villagers tried to protect their lands as they refused compensation, so they peacefully protested against the confiscation in those three areas. However, their lands and crops were destroyed by bulldozer. During the confrontation between police and villagers, police fired at the villagers using live bullets. One of the villagers, Daw Khin Win, was shot to death and her body was taken to Salingyi Township Hospital. Others who were injured were afraid to go to hospital because they thought they would be arrested. More police were stationed to protect the fencing workers, and the farmers couldn?t do anything at all. Finally, the farmers went back to their villages around 4 p.m..."