A Sub-town PDC Chairman kicked out from place after he
met NMSP members
Independent Mon News Agency
Burmese Army’s Tactical Commander dismissed the
Sub-town authorities in Ye Township,
Peace and Development Council Chairman from his
‘chairman’ position after he met a
senior leader of
the New Mon State Party (NMSP), at
the end of December
2004.
Khaw-zar village headman, Mr. Nai Hlike replaced with
a retired soldier of Burmese Army,
after he willingly
received the NMSP’s
Tavoy district officials and NMSP
Education authorities on December 24.
“Now he was already kicked out by the Tactical
Commander Col-Nyi Nyi when I again met him recently,”
a NMSP senior member said.
“He told me that the commander met him after he met us
and asked him why he met us. He was
accused supporting
the Mon rebel group (NMSP), which
is likely supporting
the oppositions to the
government. That was why the
commander kicked out him and did a
replacement,”
explained by the NMSP senior
member.
Khaw-zar has more than 500
households and the Burmese
Army created it as a Sub-town in mid-2004 in order to
control the whole area. The Burmese
army confiscated
more than 3000 acres land and put
three battalions in
the area. Before creating Sub-town,
the Burmese Army
put No. 3 Tactical Command to
launch military
operation against a Mon splinter
group (HRP), which
has activities in the area. During
2003-2004 military
operations, a gross human rights
violations such as
sexual violations against women,
summary execution,
conscription of forced labour and cruel and
mis-treatment against the civilians were seriously
committed by soldiers.
NMSP had influence in this area more than two decades
before it agreed for cease-fire
with the military
regime in
authorities and its armed faction,
troops of Mon
National Liberation Army (MNLA), was banned to launch
any political and military
activities in the area due
to agreement.
NMSP has now faced difficulties to enter into the area
in order to provide social services
such as health
care, education and judicial
affairs
A NMSP’s local court in Aleskan village in Yebyu
Township was also banned by the Burmese Army and three
NMSP members were arrested. Accordingly to
senior
NMSP members said, the three of NMSP members were
sentenced for one-year imprisonment
in
situates in the capital of
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