Description:
''In Beh Khoh Paw Plaw village, Tatmadaw Battalion 53 is extorting money from villagers who depend on rubber cultivation for their livelihoods. They intimidate workers into paying 20,000 kyat (US $12.61) as a monthly tax for each rubber processing machine.
Tatmadaw Battalion 53 has also confiscated wood from local villagers. They forced them to hand over planks of wood that they had logged in a neighbouring forest. Tatmadaw Battalion 53 subsequently used the wood to build their army camp...''
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of Publication:
2018-12-17
Date of entry:
2019-01-24
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Geographic coverage:
- Karen State
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English
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Format:
pdf
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356.26 KB
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good