July 17, 2004: "Killing, rape, porter and torturing ? other human rights violations continues by the soldiers of Burmese Army in Southern Ye Township, Southern Burma, according to fifteen villagers who fled from their villages to escape the abuses and arrived to the Mon refugee resettlement camp on July 15. ?Burmese soldiers from Battalion No.273 based in Kanbauk, in Yebyu Township have on a rotation basis used 15 villagers as porters and as human-shields while they lunched offensives against the Mon splinter group. Many villagers were beaten, fed with insufficient food and had to carry heavy ammunitions. The villagers who were suspected supporting splinter group were killed and tortured,” said Mr. Nai Lwi Mon who arrived Hlockhani refugee resettlement camp..."