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#C14:
Saw P---
is a 26 year old Karen Christian villager and father of two children in
xxxx
village, Thaton District. In January 2002, soldiers of Column #x,
LIB #xxx,
LID #44
entered the village monastery in
yyyy
village. They saw Saw P---
and one of his friends and accused them of trading cattle and
buffaloes.
Cattle and
buffaloes are only allowed to be traded through the SPDC, all private
traded is banned.
They were
both
arrested and tortured with knives.
[Photo: KHRG researcher]
Photo
#D63:
Xxxx
villager Naw M---'s
husband was shot dead by SPDC troops of LIB #xx
under Company Commander T---
on January 7th 2002. The soldiers
saw Saw P---
running when they entered the village and immediately shot and killed
him. The soldiers then searched the houses in the village and looted
everything from the houses
in the village.
[Photo: KHRG researcher]
Photo
#C15:
On February 23rd 2002, SPDC soldiers
of LIB #xxx,
LID #44 under S---
entered
xxxx
village
in Thaton District
at
3 o’clock in the afternoon. They saw Saw A---
on the ground
and not in his
house so they
accused him of being a KNLA soldier. They bound his hands and tortured
him before later releasing him. He is an 18 year old Karen Buddhist
farmer.
[Photo: KHRG researcher]
Photos #
D54:
On
January 14th 2002, Naw N---, her
husband and her son were coming back
form cutting
firewood when soldiers from LIB #xxx under Battalion Commander
M--- and Battalion Deputy Commander M--- opened fire on them. Naw N---
was killed and her son was injured in the back by shrapnel, probably
from a rifle grenade or a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). The incident
happened near xxxx village, Dooplaya District. [Photos: KHRG
researcher]
Photo #D64:
The wife and children of M---
on their platform in the forest after fleeing SPDC troops. One month
earlier, on March 15th 2002, LIB #xxx
from Military Operations Command #10
entered their village and shot M---
dead.
[Photo: KHRG researcher]
Photo
#D65:
Naw W---,
a villager from
xxxx
village, was wounded when SPDC troops fired mortars into her village
during fighting in the
yyyy
area of Pa’an District on April 8th 2002. She
has
an eight month old baby. This photo was taken on April 11th 2002.
[Photo: KHRG researcher]
Photos
#D68: Saw M---, 38 years old, was shot by LIB #xx in
Papun District. He went to Papun Hospital for one month but his wound
did not heal, so he came back to his village and treated it with herbal
medicine for two months. He then came with his family to a KNU clinic
for treatment. This photograph was taken in August 2002. [Photos:
KHRG researcher]
