Human Rights Interviews on Forced Relocation of Ah Mae Village: "Since the SLORC had planned to construct the gas pipeline through the Mon and Karen rebel active areas, the SLORC has routinely and systematically tried to relocate local villages which were believed as the bases of the rebels. This happened in March and April. Ah Mae village of Yebyu township in the Tenasserim village was a village which was totally destroyed or relocated by SLORC during the second and third weeks of April. About 130 families of the inhabitants of Ah Mae village are Mon people and mostly they are local farmers...On April 16, about 10 families of Ah Mae village had arrived to Payaw Mon refugee camp and sought refuge for their safety and survival. Another about 15 families arrived again at the end of April..." forced portering on Ye-Tavoy railway construction; arbitrary taxation; confiscation of food; food shortage/deprivation; torture; forced relocation, forced migratoin; internal displacement (IDPs); forced portering of elderly man; looting....LIB 404, 408, 410.