Innocent Civilians Tortured by SLOR

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Subject: Innocent Civilians Tortured by SLORC

Innocent Civilians Tortured by SLORC

Thaton district, Karen State

On May2, 1997, SLORC LIB 230 intelligent officer Tin Ngwe, arbitrarily
arrested Mayaing Kone villager Saw Maung Kyaw and severely beat him. On
the
same day he arrested another two villagers, Myint Kyaw Eh  and Tee Pa
Kya,
age44, and took them to the LIB 230 commander major Thet Win at Noke ka
Toke
military camp. On May 3,1997 the intelligent officer Tin Ngwe again
arrested
another villager, Tee Pa Ler. He ordered the villagers to dig a pit and
he
forced Tee Pa Ler to lie down in the pit. Then he shot and wounded the
poor
villager in the pit. When the poor man struggled for life, he ordered
the
villagers to cover the pit to bury the poor villager alive. While he did
this, he forced the whole village to come and see it. He took the
remaining
two villagers, Myint Kyaw Eh and Tee Pa Kya and stabbed them and wounded
them. Then he tied them and dragged them on the ground in the village
all day
for all the villagers in the village to see. These two villagers were
not
released yet.

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