Dear Friends,
You will be receiving two maps included with Tenasserim Human Rights Situation Report, May. These maps identify townships boundaries which the human rights abuses was documented. The maps do not show the details scale and villages. These two maps also show what is the different of townships boundaries between Karen Nation Union's (KNU) administration and Burma military government, State Peace and Development Council's (SPDC) administration has defined.
Hope these maps will give you clear information.
PEACE
Mergui-Tavoy District Information Department
KNU
MONTHLY HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION REPORT
TENASSERIM DIVISION
May 2001
Mergui-Tavoy
District Information Department
Karen
National
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Basket: The standard unit of measurement of rice. 1 basket = 46 pounds (21 kegs)
EXTRA JUDICIAL
KILLING
According to a prisoner porter who deserted to Karen
National Liberation Army (KNLA), on
When this convoy arrived on to the hilltop of Htee Nya Li, other two prisoners
were shot to dead because they also could not walk anymore. When arrived to
Kahtaungni village another eight prisoners could not walk anymore. The
villagers were order by that troop to send those unable prisoners to Htu Ler.
When the eight prisoners were arriving to Htu Ler, they all were killed by the
troop at the same night they arrived.
Captured Cattle Trader fate is not know
25.5.2001
A group of cattle traders who arrived to the Thai-Burma
border opposite Thailand's Kanchanaburi province on May 25, 2001 has told that
they were shot at and chased by a Burma army's company belong to No. 9
Operation Commanding HQ on May 24, 2001 when on their way to the border at a
place called Kinmonchon Sakan. These cattle traders are from Zahah village in
The Coastal
Military Command had order all of his troops to shoot and capture all the
illegal traders who travel to Thai-Burma border and to shoot and kill those who
were captured.
FORCED PORTERING
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Conscription of
Porter in Natseik village
27.5.2001
Natseik
village (known as Kane They Ri village) has a little bit more than 1200
households. Every month Oo Win Shein, the chairman of Natseik Village Peace and
Development Council used to collect 2000 kyats from each household for the
compulsory porters demanded by the military. He uses to pay 15000 kyats to those
who have to serve as operation porters. The monthly porter fee is compulsory
and those who unable to pay were reported to the police station and the police
captured those people and handed over them to the military for operation
porters without any wages.
The in turn porters were transported from Natseik village to Palauk village by car prepared by Natseik village Peace and Development Council. From Palauk to Way Toray (Aung Tha Wa Ra) front line strategic command headquarters it took 3 days for the porters who have to carry military supplies. There was no escort for those porters along the trail. The porters have to take responsible by themselves to protect those supplies not to disappear. Infantry Battalion 280 that serves as supply depot let each porter carries 16 kgms of rice, 5 milk cans, and 1.6 kgms of sugar, 5 meat cans and 1.6 kgms of other dried ration. Porters from Natseik included men and women and in the month of April 2001, the numbers of porters were up to 720.
By arranging transportation from NatSeik village to Palauk village in Palaw township, Natseik village chairman Oo Win Shein collected 500 kyats from each porter. The porters have to prepare necessary food by themselves to eat on seven days portering journey. They have no rights to use the ration they carry for military. Moreover, if there are some lost on the way the porter have to pay as the price calculated by the SPDC's troop. If the porters could not pay for the lost ration, he would not allow to go back and instead he would be forced to serve as front line military porter.
EXTORTION
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FORCED LABOUR
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In the beginning of May, Battalion Commander Myo Thant from
- Pwayhpoklah
(Pyinthadaw) village has to build 6-sentry posts and two villagers have to
watch on each post everyday.
- Kaw
Htee Lor (Thapyuchaung) village has to build 4-sentry posts and two villagers
have to watch on each post everyday.
- Htokiponor
(Kyaythainn) village has to build 4-sentry posts and the villagers have to
watch on each post everyday.
- Naw
Trutaw (Hninpayoke) village has to build one sentry posts and two villager
has to watch everyday.
- Ko
Hsay village has to build one sentry post and two villages have to watch
in every three days in rotate.
- Klerhpoo
(Nyaungdon) village has to build 5-sentry posts and the villagers per
sentry post have to watch in every two days in rotate.
- Kameik
village has to build one sentry post and one villager has to watch
everyday.
Kawpaw (Myinkanbaw) and Wahsuhko (Seikphyone) village in
Kamothway area do not have to build the sentry posts but the villagers have to
serve as porters for the military to the Thai-Burma border. In addition, Kaw
Htee Lor and Htokiponor, two villagers from each village have to go and work
for LIB 376 camp. They have to carry water, collecting firewood, vegetable and
other work as the military has ordered. Koe Hsay, Kameik, Klehpoo, Kawpaw
villagers has to construct a car road from Wahsuhko to Taungthonlone.
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TORTURE
On May 14, 2001, a troop of Burma's army Light Infantry Battalion
377 led by Column Commander Kyaw Moe captured a villager in Kergaw (Kataungni)
village, in the east of Tavoy town, Tavoy district, while they are patrolling.
The captured villager named Saw Tin Nyunt, from Kergaw village (native home
from Mowlamein). The troops accused him of being Karen resistance helper, so
tortured him and ask him for two riffles for his release.
Village elder was tortured
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