October 13, 2004: "Villagers in the area between Ye and Yepyu township where Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt wants to have development, have been detained in their villages by Burmese troops, according to villagers from the area. According to a New Mon State Party (NMSP) officer, NMSP leaders asked General Khin Nyunt to allow the NMSP to do activities in the area when they met with him in September. But General Khin Nyunt denied the NMSP request for the reason that the area was undeveloped and needed to develop. The government wants to do development in the area and barred the NMSP, he said. However, Burmese troops under command of Military Operation Management Command (MOMC) No.19, instead of doing development, banned villagers from leaving their villages and did more human rights violations to villagers in the area..."