IMNA Weekly Update News
MON TEACHER ARRESTED
FOR PORTERING
imna /
Burmese soldiers from LIB No 282 arrested Nai Ma Nu
Ong, 60 during his checking school yard at Southern Ye
Township a source from New Mon State Party said. The
soldiers brought him for portering
about three days.
The Burmese soldiers claimed no reason why he is
arrested but according a local Mon
teacher, this is a
tactic of psychological attack that
makes him to
discontinue his job.
A local Mon teacher added that Burmese soldiers
visited the village prior to one
day and asked about
his personal story before he is
arrested. He was born
and lives at A Nyer village where he
also administers
After cease-fire agreement in 1995, he is the first
NMSP member who is arrested and forced for portering
as a chairman of a high profile of
the Teacher
Association.
Another Mon Teacher said "this is an act to damage our
Mon National Education system".
He asked not to
mention his name for safety
reasons.
Many Mon teaches have been experienced various kinds
of treat and pressure to leave to
job by the Burmese
soldiers in
CANNOT SPEAK BURMESE:
A MON MAN WAS SNIPPED
imna
A Burmese army LIB No 273 led by Major Mying Oo sniped
a Mon man by knife at Yan Rew
village a source from
the village said. He was sniped in
his under body
parts and also cut hid knee because
he cannot speak in
Burmese while he was questioned by Burmese soldiers.
He was brought to Ye Hospital and the new was spread
all over the patients in the
hospital. An official
from No (5) Burmese Military
Intelligence spread the
news that Nai Tun Ney attempted to
take away a gun of
the Burmese soldier and then got an
attacked with such
injuries. The official also
gave pressure to him to
confess that he attempted to take
away the gun form
the soldiers and got this serious
reaction.
A local official from the New Mon State Party received
the news and visited the hospital
for taking
photography of him. There were a clash between
hospital staff and NMSP official
for taking
photography without permission,
local patients said.
A source from NMSP said this soldier also open fired
in Khao Zar village recently and
hit two local
villagers with injuries.
Local villager said, LIB No 273 also opened fire in
November in Khao Zar village killed Nai Lwin Shein 40
and Nai Shwe Mhan 70, and his wife
68, Nai Ong 42
received injuries.
Burmese LIB No 273, 282, 299, 343, 267, 280, 31 and 62
extensively operated military
attack to
anti-government armed group in the
area in the last
three months.
Independent Mon News Agency