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						OFFICE  OF  THE  SUPREME  HEADQUARTERS
							KAREN  NATIONAL  UNION
								KAWTHOOLEI

							KNU Press Release No 1/99
						Regarding Human Right Violation by SPDC
																january 8,1999

Thaton District 
*20-12-98: Troops from SPDC army LIB 49 went into Ta-maw-daw village 
and extorted 2 baskets of rice from the villagers. On 22-12-98 
those troops again came back into Ta-maw-daw village and forcibly 
collected a half tin of paddy from every houses and let the 
villagers pound and hulled into white rice and also had to send it 
to the military camp. On 23-12-98 those troops went into Ta-wai-ba 
village and demanded 30 viss of pork from the villagers.

Naung-la-bin District
*18-12-98: SPDC special force known as (Sa-Sa-Sa or Sa thone 
lone)led by commander Shan Bu went into Mate-tha-lin village and 
tried to arrest Maung Maung Aye from that village while Maung Maung 
Aye could escape. Then those troops arrested his wife Ma Sein Than 
and beat her to death and left her. On 19-12-98: The brothers and 
sisters of Ma Sein Than came to search for her and found that Ma 
Sein Than was still alive and sent her to the hospital at Kyak 
-Kyi.
*20-12-98: A monk who was living in the monastery at 
Wet-nyi-naung-gon, Kyauk-Kyi township was listening to the BBC news. 
Meanwhile troops from SPDC  special force Sa-thone-lone led by 
commander Maung Maung arrived at the monastery and sharply scolded 
him and warned him that be must not listen to news broadcast from any 
foreign station any more. If he were found listing news broadcast 
from any foreign station next time, severe action will be taken 
straight away on him without any question.
*24-12-98: At 6 a.m SPDC army IB 59 let by company commander Hla Kyaw 
Oo with 14 troops went into Myaung Oo Kwet-seik village and severely 
beat villagers namely Mya Win, Saw Say Day, Maung Maung and Than 
Chaung and took them away. Later Than Chaung was released and the 

remaining 3 persons were taken to Mon town and detained them in a 
cell. On 25-12-98: each of them had to ransom 5, 000 kyats for their 
release.
*24-12-98: Troops from SPDC Strategic command No. (10) Went into 
Maw-Pu village, Shwe-gyin Township and firing weapons at the village 
and the villagers escaped for their lives.
*27-12-98: At 3:30 p.m troops from SPDC army IB 59 at the number of 
13 troops went into Mee-daing-taw village and shot and killed Maung 
San Myint without any reason and cut off his head. While the body of 
Maung San Myint was taken to the funeral, those troops waited on the 
way and severely beat the villagers who came to the funeral. 
Villagers who were beaten were Saw Pah Lu, Saw Shee Sho, Saw Noe Loe, 
Saw Po Cho, Win Hlaing, Saw Ler Wah, Maung Nyunt win, Saw Gay Nay 
Htoo, and Thaung Kyi from Mee-taing-taw village, Po Ni Toe from 
Tha-byay-nyunt village and Maung Hlaing from Kyaw byin village. Po Ni 
Toe was also tortured by putting a knife in his mouth where the head 
of Maung San Myint was hung beside the pathway in the village by 
those troops.

words & Abbreviations: Kyat= Name of Burmese currency: SPDC = State 
Peace and Development Council (Military dictatorship of Burma); LIB 
Light Infantry Battalion IB = Infantry Battalion ; Basket = 8 
gallons; Viss=1.6 kg