News: (1) Villagers in Kyaikmayaw Township forced to contribute money towards castor bean mill... (2) Militia recruitments ordered in North Tenasserim Division... Commentary: National Politics Party, NUP and USDA Start a Secret Campaign for 2010 Elections... Report: ?I am very tired”: Three months of abuses along the Kanbauk to Myaing Kalay gas pipeline in Northern Ye and Southern Thanbyuzayat Township, from August 2009 to October 2009: Introduction...Cases of Villagers Forced to Act as Human Shields, and Subsequent Disappearances and Deaths...Unpaid Labor...Arbitrary Taxation by Burmese Army gas pipeline security forces...Torture...Physical and emotional intimidation...Conclusion