Nine Years Old, Raped, Murdured, Ka

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rr, please tell your international rugby enthusiasts about this:

Seven Karens including a girl, 9, and a pregnant woman were murdered by
> Burmese troops on July 31 in Ta Hpo Hkee village, close to Kawei and Mergui,
> the report said, adding that the girl and the woman were gang-raped first.
> 
AND THIS

S.Wansai wrote:
> 
> SHAN HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION
> 
> SHRF  MONTHLY REPORT  --  OCTOBER 1999
> 
> CEASEFIRE PEOPLE DENIED NATIONAL IDENTITY
> 
>  Many people in areas under ceasefire groups and many of the  members
> of the
> ceasefire groups themselves are being denied national identity by not
> being
> issued identity cards by the SPDC authorities.
> 
>  The following is the list of the areas in which people are being
> deprived of
> their national identities.
> 
>  1. Special Region or Zone (1): Ko Kang, Pang Sai and Ta Pang areas
> 
>  2. Special Region (2), under UWSA: Murng Phen, Ho Tao, Murng Kaa,
> Murng Pawk, Parng Yarng, Waeng Ngurn, Parng Sarng, Murng Mau, Kun
> Keng, Kun Long, Ho Parng and Mang Seng
> 
>  3. Special Region (4), under NDAA: Saler, Murng Ma, Murng Laa, Murng
> Luay,
> Murng Yu and Nam Parn
> 
>  4. Members of the MTA who had a ceasefire agreement with the SPDC
> have so far only been given 'surrender cards', but not national
> identity cards. When these people need to travel to places outside
> their areas, a certain kind of travel document is issued by the SPDC
> military authorities in their respective areas.
> 
> 14 LAHU MILITIA SLAUGHTERED IN MURNG-TON
> 
>  On 20.9.99, 14 Lahu militiamen were shot dead by SPDC troops from
> IB65 near
> Huay Aw village in Murng-Ton township.
> 
>  On that day, 18 Lahu militiamen of Naa Kawng Moo village, led by Pho
> Thein,
> were ordered by SPDC Commander Shwe Myint from IB65 to patrol the
> areas around Huay Aw village. After patrolling for a while, the Lahu
> militiamen saw a herd of about 25 head of cattle grazing in the forest
> 2-3 miles away from Huay Aw
> village. The cattle belonged to the villagers of Huay Aw who had
> deliberately let them loose to graze in the forest near their village.
> 
>  As soon as they saw the cattle, the Lahu militiamen shot at them and
> killed 5
> while the rest managed to get away. The militiamen were cutting and
> smoking
> the meat of the cattle when about 32 SPDC troops of IB65 from the
> outpost camp at Pung Pa Khem surrounded them and opened fire. The
> shooting raged for almost an hour, killing 14 of the Lahu militiamen
> while 4 of them managed to slip away from the battle.
> 
>  The only known reason for the shooting given by the SPDC troops was
> that they
> thought the Lahu militiamen were members of the SSA (Shan State Army).
> 
> RAPE AND KILLING OF RELOCATED VILLAGERS IN KUN-HING
> 
>  In late September 1999, SPDC troops from IB246 raped and killed 2
> women who
> were going around and selling confectionery to people working in the
> farms in Kun-Hing township.
> 
>  On 29.9.99, about 57 SPDC troops from IB246 led by Capt Than Maung
> went on a patrol in the outlying areas of Kun-Hing town to where many
> villages had been
> relocated. At one point they met 2 women who were going around and
> selling
> confectionery to those who were working on farms along the banks of
> Nam Pang
> river near Wan Pae village, about 5 miles from the town. The troops
> arrested
> them, accused them of being wives of SSA ( Shan State Army) soldiers
> and
> interrogated them.
> 
>  The 2 women were among the villagers who had been forcibly relocated
> to
> Kun-Hing town 2-3 years ago and their fathers and the husband of one
> of them
> were among those who had been killed in Taad Pha Ho massacre, one of
> the
> notorious massacres on 16.6.99, by SPDC (then known as SLORC) troops.
>  Having been relocated to the town where they hardly knew how to make
> a
> living, and having been deprived of their men, the 2 women had been
> trying to eke
> out a living by peddling confectionery which they bought on credit in
> Kun-Hing town.
> 
> Even before the day of the incident, they had already gone to peddle
> their
> goods in that area 2-3 times.
> 
>  Although the women denied the charge and explained their real
> situation to
> them, the troops did not release them, but took them along on the
> patrol for 5
> days and 4 nights during which they abused and raped the women to
> their
> satisfaction and eventually shot both of them dead, and took away
> their
> confectionery, worth 2,876 Kyat, and 252 Kyat of money from them.
> 
>  The 2 victims were:
> 
> 1. Nawng Pe, aged 18, daughter of Loong Nan-Ta who was killed in the
> Taad Pha
> Ho massacre
> 
> 2. Naang Khin Lu, aged 21, daughter of Loong Ti-Ma who was killed in
> the Taad
> Pha Ho massacre
> 
> RAPE AND KILLING IN TA-KHI-LAEK
> 
>  On 21.9.99, SPDC troops from LIB316 raped a woman and killed her
> husband near Nam Kai village, Pa Leo tract, Ta-Khi-Laek township.
> 
>  On that day, 3 Privates, Maung Bo and 2 other soldiers, from the
> Company 2 of
> LIB316 that was stationed at Nam Mae Kong river crossing ferry at
> Kaeng Laap
> village, who were strolling around saw a woman who was digging bamboo
> shoots on the bank of Nam Kai stream. The woman was with her husband
> who was also
> digging bamboo shoots somewhere nearby, out of sight of the troops.
> 
>  Maung Bo and the 2 soldiers approached the woman and seized her. But
> the
> woman called out to her husband for help, causing him to run towards
> her. As soon as he saw the husband coming, Maung Bo aimed his rifle
> and shot him down, killing him instantly. After that, all of them
> raped the woman to their satisfaction and left.
> 
>  When the parents and relatives of the couple, together with some
> village leaders, went to complain to the Commander of the Company 2,
> Capt Aung Naing, they were consoled by him that if the incident was
> true he would take action against the culprits immediately and put
> them in jail. But nothing had been heard about anyone being punished
> at the time of this report.
> 
>  The couple, Zaai Wan, aged 26 and Naang (En), aged 21, were  from Nam
> Kai
> village, Kaeng Laap tract, Ta-Khi-Laek township.
> 
> RAPE AND KILLING OF RELOCATED COUPLE IN KUN-HING
> 
>  In mid September 1999, SPDC troops from IB246 beat a man to death and
> raped
> his wife before killing her in Kun-Hing township.
> 
>  On 16.9.99, about 70 SPDC troops from IB246 led by Capt Kyaw Aye
> patrolled
> the area of forced relocation in Kaeng Kham tract, Kun-Hing township,
> and arrested 2 villagers, husband and wife, who were tending their
> rice field on the
> eastern side of Nam Paang river, about 4 miles from the town.
> 
>  Kaw-Ling, aged 45 and his wife, Naang Mon, aged 30, were originally
> from
> Kaeng Lom village in Kaeng Kham tract that had been forced to move to
> the town 2-3 years ago. They were arrested by the troops while
> checking the irrigation water of their rice field.
> 
>  The troops separated them and interrogated them about the movement of
> the
> Shan soldiers, and kicked and beat them. But the villagers said they
> had not seen
> any Shan soldiers and did not know anything about them.
> 
>  After a while, Capt Kyaw Aye said he would take the wife along as a
> guide until they reached a cross road and told the husband to stay
> behind and wait. However, when the front point of the troops had gone
> some distance, the troops
> who took up the rear beat the husband to death with sticks at the edge
> of the rice field.
> 
>  The wife was forced to go with the troops for 4 days and 3 nights
> during which
> she was raped by the Captain whenever he liked. On the last day when
> the troops
> were about to return to their base, Kyaw Aye called up all his
> officers one by one and ordered them to rape her one after another.
> Eventually, she was given to a Private who, after raping her, stabbed
> her to death with his bayonet.
> 
> BEATEN TO DEATH IN MURNG-PHYAK
> 
>  On 20.9.99, SPDC troops from IB221 beat to death 3 villagers at Murng
> Loong
> village, Murng Kok tract, Murng-Phyak.
> 
>  A patrol of about 60 SPDC troops from IB221 came to Murng Loong
> village and
> arrested 3 villagers. They brought the villagers to the village temple
> and interrogated them about the activities of the Shan soldiers in the
> area.
> 
>  In order to extract confessions and desired answers, the troops beat
> the
> villagers so hard that all of them died on the spot.
> 
>  The 3 victims were:
> 
> 1. Ai Pe-Ta, male, aged 31
> 2. Ai Zaen Seng, male, aged 22
> 3. Ai Hong, male, aged 20
> 
> ROBBERY AND KILLING OF RELOCATED VILLAGERS IN KUN-HING
> 
>  On 28.9.99, SPDC troops from IB246 led by Capt Thaung Nyunt beat to
> death 2
> villagers at a place between Kun-Hing town and Ka Li village, about 2
> miles from
> Ka Li relocation site in Ka Li tract, Kun-Hing township.
> 
>  The villagers, Saw-Zin-Na, male, aged 30 and Zaai Yung, male, aged
> 29, were
> originally from Naa Khaa village in Naa Poi tract that had been
> relocated to Kaa Li relocation site 2-3 years ago. Since then they had
> been peddling small things and confectionery which they bought from
> Kun-Hing in Kaa Li area as their means of livelihood, with only about
> 2,500 Kyat as the capital of each.
> 
>  On the day of the incident, they were returning on foot from buying
> goods in
> Kun-Hing and were carrying their things in baskets on their shoulder
> poles
> because they could not afford other means of transportation. When they
> got about 2 miles near to Ka Li, they met a group of about 36 SPDC
> soldiers coming
> from the opposite direction. The troops were from IB246 led by Capt
> Thaung
> Nyunt who ordered his men to seize and search them.
> 
>  The troops found 173 Kyat of money in their pockets and 5,000 Kyat
> worth of
> things in the baskets. They then beat the 2 villagers to death and
> took all their things and money away with them. Before they reached
> their base, Capt Thaung Nyunt sent one of his soldiers ahead to
> Kun-Hing town to tell the headmen and community leaders that they had
> found 2 corpses of unknown villagers near the road on the way.
> 
>  When the leaders went to look at the corpses, they knew right away
> who the
> innocent victims were and realized what had happened to them, a fact
> that was
> later confirmed by some civilian porters. However, they could think of
> nothing
> else they could do except to quietly burry the corpses.
> 
> FORCED RELOCATION, TORTURE AND LOOTING IN MURNG-PAN
> 
>  In early August 1999, SPDC troops from LIB520 tortured 2 villagers of
> Pung
> Kur village in Nawng Yaang tract, Murng-Pan township, and later
> ordered the
> village to move to the town within 5 days.
> 
>  On 7.8.99, 45-50 SPDC troops from LIB520 led by Maj Aye Thaung came
> to Pung Kur village and arrested 2 villagers, Loong Aw, aged 56 and
> Zai Hurng, aged 26 on suspicion of collecting rice for SSA.
> 
>  The troops tied them up and interrogated them, put plastic bags over
> their heads to stifle them into confessing, while beating and kicking
> them all the time. When the 2 villagers kept denying the charge, the
> troops used a pointed knife to poke their arms, thighs and necks until
> they were bloody all over, and continued to beat and kick them until
> they lost consciousness several times.
> 
>  On 8.8.99, Maj Aye Thaung ordered all the villagers of Pung Kur to
> move to Murng-Pan town within 5 days. But, only after 2 days, before
> most of the villagers could move, the troops came back and looted the
> village and the village monastery and took away what they wanted.
> 
>  Some of the villagers who lost their money and livestock were as
> follows:
> 
> 1. Mae Thao Nae lost 15,000 Kyat
> 2. Loong U lost 36,000    "
> 3. Zaai Ting lost 50,000    "
> 4. Zaai Taw-Na lost 30,000    "
> 5. Zaai Wan-Na lost 4,630 Kyat worth of chickens
> 6. Loong Kan-Na lost   6,200 Kyat worth ox
> 
>  The village monastery lost the following property:
> 
> 1. One electric generator worth 35,000 Kyat
> 2. 2 gas lamps worth   4,500 Kyat
> 3. 300 drinking glasses worth   2,500 Kyat
> 4. 20 cool water flasks worth   4,000 Kyat
> 5. 5 hot water flasks worth 25,000 Kyat
> 6. 3 electric fans worth 11,500 Kyat
> 7. 1 meal table worth   2,500 Kyat
> 
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> SMH - Oct 30, 1999.
> 'Slavery, murder, rape' by regime
> 
> New York: The repression of human rights in Burma is worsening, the United
> Nations says in a report, alleging that the military regime condones murder,
> rape and forced labour amounting to slavery.
> 
> The report will be submitted to the human rights committee of the UN General
> Assembly next week, the assembly's spokeswoman said.
> 
> It alleged that children as young as eight were used as unpaid labourers to
> help build a temple in Kunhing, about 260 kilometres east of Mandalay.
> 
> Porters who were forced to work for the military were often unfed and tied
> to a yoke at night, the report said.
> 
> The report, published on Thursday, was prepared by the special rapporteur of
> the Commission on Human Rights, Mr Rajsoomer Lallah.
> 
> It referred to "summary executions, rape, torture, ill-treatment during
> forced labour" and other abuses of ethnic minorities, in particular in Shan
> and Karen states on Burma's eastern border with Thailand.
> 
> The violations had been "thoroughly documented by human rights organisations
> and newly arrived refugees in Thailand", the report said.
> 
> He also referred to the murder of 22 villagers on July 27 in Kawei and
> Mergui villages in Tenasserim district, which lies in the narrow strip of
> Burmese territory about 200 kilometres west of the Thai capital, Bangkok.
> Seven Karens including a girl, 9, and a pregnant woman were murdered by
> Burmese troops on July 31 in Ta Hpo Hkee village, close to Kawei and Mergui,
> the report said, adding that the girl and the woman were gang-raped first.
> 
> "Repression of civil and political rights continues and intensifies whenever
> there is any form of public protest and any form of public political
> activity. The rule of law cannot be said to exist."
> 
> - Agence France-Presse