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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 95 22:38:37 +0530
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Date: Tue Oct 31 22:38:20 1995
Subject: News from West Burma
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>From : FTUB (West Burma) 
News form West Burma (Indo-Burma)
 
SLORC Forcibly recruiting the villagers
 
The military government  had been forcibly recruiting for new soldiers at Hkam Ti, Homelin, Leshi, Lahe 
and Namyum township by order of Lt. Col. Maung Oo, the strategy-commander of Hkamti cantonment. In 
recruiting, some operation officers used to go to village and the OCs of township.
 
On 30.9.95, the party including operation officer of 347 IB and the OCs arrived at Sumra village and 
claimed recruits for army from Leshi township. Moreover villagers were ordered to send recruits to a Kuki 
village on 6th October of 1995. If they didnt send, the armymen told choice two ways; (1) not to stay in 
village and (2) village will be blazed when villagers were still staying.
 
The villagers of Leshi township were claimed to pay recruits following by numbers.
 
(1) Sumra village               10 persons
(2) Poun Ta Yek village 4   persons
(3) Leyon village               3   persons
(4)Pansup village               10 persons
(5) Ngacham village     10 persons
(6) Koung Kailou village        7   persons
(7) Namee Yupee village 5   persons
(8) Yehtaung village    1   persons
(9) Kuki village                10 persons
 
The following youths of the Sumra villagers were forcibly taken,
 
(1) Maung Yan Soe       (18)yrs s/o U Yar Htaung
(2) Maung Athwin pot    (24)yrs s/o U Yar Pot
(3) Maung Ye San        (20)yrs s/o U Yar Pot
(4) Maung Kan Phore     (17)yrs s/o U Htan Po
 
Moreover, Maung Saw Htin (23)yrs, s/o U Ye Pan was also arrested for a recruit who is a villager of 
Surma and coming back from Leshi.
 
Source : ABSDF (Western Burma) 
 
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RGDS
ABSDF (WB)