Hpapun Incident Report: Forced portering and extortion in Bu Tho and Dwe Lo townships, October 2017

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"This Incident Report describes how the Border Guard Forces (BGF) Battalion #1014 ordered civilians to serve as forced porters on the front line. When local villagers refused to serve as porters, they were asked to hand over 180,000 kyat (US $ 112) as payment from each village. This incident took place in October 2017, in a number of village tracts located Bu Tho Township and Dwe Lo Township, Hpapun District..."

Source/publisher: 

Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)

Date of Publication: 

2018-09-28

Date of entry: 

2018-10-04

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English

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