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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 and 406 under controls of the Military Operation Management Command No. 8 based in Kyainnseikyi Township, Karen State, Burma. Read more

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 Pa’an Township, have fled from their homes into Karen National Union territory (KNU), after several weeks of forced labor at the hands of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). Read more

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 the Karen National Union (KNU) and Burmese government State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) troops. Read more

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 been collecting portering fees from 6 villages in southern Kawkareik Township since the beginning of 2010. Read more

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) No. 8, attempted to approach the area near Khonnawar village, Kyainnseikyi Township, and were ambushed by troops from Karen National Union (KNU) brigade No. 6, according to a Khonnawar village resident. Read more

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 bamboo poles, wood planks, and leaves for roof thatch and wall packing, for construction on the Tactical Command’s battalion headquarters. Read more

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, to force a village militia. Read more

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 base in Bee Lin Township, Mon State. Forces from Brigade No. 999 and No. 333 will share the base once it is complete.   Read more

Continued Forced Portering in Than Tha Bin Township

Burmese woman arrested by Thai police without just cause

WCRP: During the first week of January, 2010, in Kroarad community, Mahachai, Thailand, three plain clothed Thai policemen unwarrantedly arrested a 50-year-old Mon woman for drug procession. Read more

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