"Some of the interviews in this report are with Karen villagers who fled Papun District in northern Karen State to become refugees in Thailand in April and May 1996, and some are with villagers still living in Papun District, some in their villages and some in hiding. Much of this area used to be partly or completely controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU), until it was captured by SLORC in its major 1995 offensive with the help of DKBA (Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, the rival of KNU). After that, these villages started being ordered to move to the DKBA?s headquarters at Khaw Taw (Burmese name Myaing Gyi Ngu, on the Salween River near Ka Ma Maung) as the DKBA attempted to establish a captive civilian support base. Many resisted, and in December 1995 and January 1996, SLORC and DKBA troops gave final orders to about 100 villages to move to Khaw Taw or to SLORC military camps near Papun. Most villagers fled into hiding in the forests or tried to head for the Thai border. (See "Forced Relocation in Papun District", KHRG #95-11, 4/3/96.) As shown by the interviews in this report, SLORC troops in the area conducted several executions and burned some villages as a result..."