Description:
EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLING:
"A displaced villager was shot dead...".....FORCED LABOUR: "Karen villagers forced to construct new artillery battalion for Burmese troops; Villagers in forced relocations sites forced to work on Burmese military's rice farming project; Burmese troops forced more than 200 villagers in the east of Mergui to serve as porters; Villagers' long tail boats forced to transport Burmese troop's petrol; Villagers forced to farm rice and give the rice quota to the Burma army; Every day two villagers forced to work for Burmese troops, coal exploration; Villagers forced to work on military farm...TORTURE:
People militia tortured a Karen villager and demanded ransom; Travelers were tortured and their properties were taken; Burmese troops tortured five displaced people and looted a herd of villager cattle...EXTORTION:
Burmese troops extorted kyat 25,000 from a sawmill owner, demanded kyat 50,000 from the villagers; Burmese troops asked roofing leafs because they did not get the chicken; Burmese troops demanded roofing leafs for their camp; Burmese troops demanded betel nuts...BURNT DOWN AND DESTRUCTION...MIGRANT:
Peasants facing problem with government?s forcibly buying rice with unconditional low price...MIGRANT:
Peasants facing problem with government?s forcibly buying rice with unconditional low price; 45 villagers seek work in Thailand were arrested by Burmese troops and were imprisoned;
Why they come to Thailand even though it is not safe...FORCED RESETTLEMENT:
Eleven Tavoyan families were forced back to resettle in a deserted Karen village; Burmese troops inform the Burmese villagers and the refugees in Thailand can come back home...FORCED TO JOIN MILITIA:
Villagers forced to join propel militia...BURMANISM:
Burmese soldiers try to marry Karen women...LIVING STANDARDS: Money; Price of commodities...CORRUPTION:
Commander's cattle can go, but the villagers cannot
Source/publisher:
Mergui-Tavoy District Information Department, Karen National Union (Tenasserim Division)
Date of Publication:
2003-01-00
Date of entry:
2003-06-03
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English
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