JANUARY 2001
Mergui-Tavoy District Information Department
Karen National
Note: 1
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After opening fire on the villagers the troop had captured a villager Naw Theh Satin, 20 yr., daughter
of Saw Pe Lo and Naw Pi.
They took her to a house and raped her severely and stabbed her to death
afterward. The next day, that troop cleared the area and took away the
properties, which the villagers have abandoned. The properties the soldiers
took away were:
1. Naw
Theh Satin's (raped woman) one gold ring, one watch,
and all her house belongings
cost at least 50,000 Kyat.
2. Saw Pe
Lo's money 21,000 Kyat, 1,000 Thai Baht, and all his
house belongings cost at least
400,000 Kyat.
3. Saw
Sa De's one engine (Honda
5.5 HP), one chopper, one coat, one blanket, and all his house belongings cost
at least 205,000 Kyat
4. Saw Hsa We's one engine (Honda 5.5 HP), one chopper, one coat, 4
blankets, 2 watches, and all his house belongings cost at least 145,000 kyat.
5. Saw Ta Pu's one chopper, 20 pounds of coffee, one pound of sugar
(15 kegs), one blanket, one
coat, 15 kilogram of fish paste, one jacket, one
flask, and all of his house belongings cost at least 50,000 kyat.
On
Lieutenant Thein Myint
Zaw form Burma Army's Infantry Battalion 104 raped a traveling villager and
took away all her money on January 28, 2001 night.
According to villagers from
After raping her, Lt. Thein Myint
Zaw took away 10,000 Thai Baht form her. The next day
(29.1.2001) Thein Myint Zaw
gave her 1,000 Baht for her traveling expenditure and
set her free.
On January 5, 2001 a group of Pye Thu Sit (People
Militia, back up by Burma Army) led by Ye Win entered to Taket
village, in Tenasserim township, Mergui
District and confiscated some cattle from Saw Hto
Gay. After confiscating the cattle the militia leader demanded 30,000 kyat as
compensation from the Saw Hto Gay.
On
On January 4.1.2001 a troop from Burma Army's Infantry Battalion 101,
Column No.2 led by Column Commander Kyaw Thet Naing
entered to Taket village, in
On
On
1. Naw Hpo Lah Pwe's
house which cost at least 60,000 Kyat
2. Saw
3. Saw Win Kyi's house cost at least 90,000
Kyat.
4. Saw Nga Taw's
house cost at least 70,000 Kyat
5. Saw Klawt's
house cost at least 100,000 Kyat
6. Saw Ler
Mu's house cost at least 120,000 kyat and cut down
his betel nut palms more than 100
plants,
7.
7.
Saw Tha Htoo's
house cost at least 50,000 Kyat and killed one cattle, and burnt down 70
baskets (1 basket = 46 pounds (21 kegs) of his
paddy.
On
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On January 18, 2001 Battalion Commander Than Sein from Burma Army' Light
Infantry Battalion 401 which based in Htu ler (Kyauk Htu)
village (in the east of Theyetchaung township, Tavoy District) ordered 15 villagers from Kaw Htee (Thabyuchaung)
to served as porter to Maw Taw Hta. It was three days
walk journey on foot from Htu Ler
to Maw Taw Hta. If the demanded porters do not want
to go by foot, they have to transport the military supply by boat, and the
villagers themselves have to pay the expense of the transportation.
From January 20 to 30, 2001 Burma army forced the villagers in Htu Ler, Kaw
Htee, Hta Me Hta, Kanekaw (Pyathachaung),
Katawnni and Pawtaw, (in
the east of Theyetchaung, Tavoy
township, Tavoy district) to transport the military
food supplies from Pawtaw to Htu
Ler. Htoo Ler and Kaw Htee
villages were forced to transport 102 sack of rice, Ta Me Hta
36 sack of rice, Ka Htaw Ni, Kanekaw
and Pawtaw 102 sack of rice etc..
The villagers have to pay the cost of boat transportation by themselves.
On January 28, 2001 Column Commander Nanda Aung
from Burma Army's Light Infantry Battalion 401, which based in Htu Ler village (in the east of Theyetchaung township, Tavoy
district) ordered Ta Me Hta and Kanekaw
villagers to construct a road between their villages and have to finish it within
5 days. The road should be available for the bullock carts.