Hpa-an Photo Set: BGF production and sale of yaba in T?Nay Hsah and Ta Kreh townships

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"This photo set includes three still photographs selected from images taken by a KHRG community member; one was taken in April 2013 and two were taken in June 2012. The photographs were taken in T?Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District and depict a tablet form of methamphetamine for sale, which is known locally as yaba, meaning ?crazy medicine? in Thai. The yaba pictured below was manufactured and sold by the Border Guard Force (BGF) Battalion #1016?s commander, Mya Khaing, who is based in T?Nay Hsah Township. According to the community member who took these photos, the sale of the drug is pervasive throughout T?Nay Hsah and Ta Kreh townships and has seriously harmed many teenage villagers? lives and put some families in debt as a result.....No pdf format.

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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)

Date of Publication: 

2013-07-04

Date of entry: 

2013-08-10

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English

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