August 3, 2004: "The villagers in a village in Southern Ye Township are escaping from the soldiers? arrest for the conscription of porters while their village is under flood according to the villagers. ?The villager are hiding and escaping. The soldiers are trying to arrest the men to use them as porters in the military operations against the Mon splinter groups. Many times, the men are loud their voice ?Karoute” Karoute (in Mon language) in Hangan to escape from the arrest even while the village is under water of three feet in depth,” said a monk come from the Hangan village..."