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20 villagers forced to porter goods for army in Kyaninnseikyi Township

HURFOM, Kyainnseikyi: Around 20 people from Thaung Waing village were tortured and arrested for land mine clearing and portering by Light Infantry Battalions (LIB) No. 404... 

Pa’an villagers flee to KNU territory

HURFOM, Pa’an: According to information received by HURFOM’s field reporter in the first week of March 2010, more than 100 villagers from Kawee Noe village, in Karen State’s... 

Community confusion and tension mount after Burmese and Karen army visits demand support

HURFOM: Villagers who base in Ye Township and Thanbyuzayat Township are increasingly confused as pressure to act for or against the coming 2010 election mounts, from both... 

DKBA extortion plagues Kawkareik Township in 2010

Kawkareik: HURFOM learned on February 7th of this year that Brigade No. 999 of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), based in Karen State’s Kawkareik Township, has... 

Joint Burmese column presses 50 villagers into porter service in Kyainnseikyi Township

HURFOM: Recently a combined force from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 402 and the State Peace and Development council (SPDC) Military Operations Management Command (MOMC)... 

Three Pagodas villagers forced to gather construction materials

HURFOM, TPP: Burmese army Tactical Command (TC) No.3, based in Anankwin village, Three Pagoda Township, Karen State, has forced residents to collect building materials of... 

Village militia campaign leads to arrests in Yebyu Township

HURFOM, Yebyu: Starting in January 2010, Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 282, led by Major Nyi Nyi Soe, began ordering residents of Alaesakhan village, in Tenasserim Division’s Yebyu Township,... 

DKBA combined base supplies gathered at villager expense

HURFOM, Bee Lin: The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) Brigade No. 999 and No. 333 have demanded building materials such as wood planks and nails, for building a new permanent... 

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