Brief Human Rights Abuses in Mon Territory: 1. Human Rights Abuses in Thaton District; Human Rights Abuses in Moulmein District; Human Rights Abuses in Tavoy District...torture; displacement of village people (IDPs); military operations; looting; detention; forced portering; shooting of villagers; arbitrary taxation; extortion; interrogation by torture; forcible disrobing of an abbot; forced relocation of villages; refugees to Halockhani; military offensive against the Karen National Union; confiscation of rice; accusations of supporting Mon rebels; arrest and torture of village leaders; land confiscation; "In February, after the SLORC signed a gas exploitation agreement with foreign oil companies UNOCAL (USA) and TOTAL (France), the SLORC have tried to relocate many local Mon villages which were possible for Mon troops to take bases and attack the gas drilling areas and gas pipeline route areas." Infantry Battalion (IB) 31, 62, Battalion 207, 208, 209; Light INfantry Battalion (LIB) 406.