Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA)
More porters died stepping on land-mines
The Burmese Army is continuously
conscripting the Mon villagers as porters in their offensive against a Mon
splinter group, Mon National Warrior Army (MNWA) that operates the activities
in southern part of
Some porters stepped on land-mines and died
during the offensives, said an escaped porter who fled to border area.
A local battalion, Light Infantry Battalion
No. 273 takes about 4-5 porters from each village in the southern part of Ye
Township to carry the ammunition when they operate the offensive against MNWA.
The soldiers from LIB No. 273 often conscripts
all ages of people to be porters and some porters died because of land-mines.
According to an 8th Standard
student from Kyonekanya village who was conscript as
porter, he said that in the 2nd week of July, when many villagers
were in the porter service to Burmese Army, three porters stepped on mines and
a 38 year old man Nai Hein died on the spot while the
other two men’s leg were cut.
Before Nai Hein
died for 3-4 days, a woman Mi Aye Thar was also hit
by a land-mine and died on spot.
Various battalions of Burmese Army operated
the military operations for the whole and villagers have been conscripted as
porters for the whole year to uproot the rebel activities in the area.
The Burmese Army also try
to cut foods from the civilians to the rebel soldiers. The Army also issued the
order that if they found someone sleep at the farms at night time, that farmer
must be killed.