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Forcible guarding to gas-pipeline between Thanbyuzayat and Ye Towns
Because of the often explosion of Kanbauk-Myaingkalay gas pipeline and demolition attack by
the rebel army, the local SPDC Township authorities ordered the village
civilians between Thanbyuzayat and Ye Towns to guard
the pipeline without failure.
The order instructed to the villagers to
send 5 villagers from each village to perform the duty of guarding the pipeline
for 24 hours and then to use all villagers on the rotation basis. If one
villager failed to perform the duty, that family must be not allowed to stay in
the village, said the authorities.
The adults and children including women have
to perform their duties, and if they failed they have to pay fine, said by the
local villagers.
“The household which could not go and guard
(the pipeline), it needs to hire a substitute to perform the duty. If you could
not find the substitute, you have to pay 2000 Kyat fine. If you could not pay
fine and failed to perform the duties, the village headmen ordered you must
leave the village immediately”, said by the villagers to IMNA.
“We are in difficult situation even for day
to day seeking money and food (for families) even when there is no instruction
for guarding to the pipeline. We, the poor families, faced the difficult
situation, if we go and guard (the pipeline) we could face food-shortage
problem. We could not pay them fine, 2000 Kyat per day because we could earn
only 1000 Kyat per day. We also concern to send women and children and we don’t
know how to manage”, explained by the villagers for their difficulties.
In late February, when a Mon woman, Miss Ma
When the SPDC constructed the pipeline last
over 2 years ago, the authorities and army confiscated villagers’ agriculture
lands along the pipeline route.
The villagers have been constantly forced to
guard the pipeline as a rebel army has operated the activities in the area and
if the pipeline is attacked near their farms, the farmers could be punished.
Additionally, the villagers also need to rebuild the embankment along the
route, if it is destroyed by flood.
The civilians in other townships are also
similarly forced to guard the pipeline.
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