A Fifteen years old girl was raped and chopped in the head with a machete

May 15, 2009

WCRP: In November 2008, a fifteen year old girl was raped and savagely murdered by a Burman man said, according to a age 47 year old eyewitness from Innk Gwa village, Kyar Inn Seik Kyi Township.

The girl was from Pakapaw village, Kyar Inn Seik Kyi Township, also known as Moulmein district in the New Mon State Party Control Area. The girl worked as a beef seller, and on the day she was killed, had gone to her uncle’s village to sell beef. At 4:00 pm after the shop was closed, her uncle sent her back to her village before returning home himself.

On the return trip she was raped by a 33 year old Burman man. After raping her, he killed her by striking her head with a machete. According to the eyewitness, “I saw him throw her dead body into a field at a farm which is very close to the village. I think it was happened around 5 to 6 pm. I ran and collected some farmers who were working around there and we arrested him and brought him to the New Mon State Party (NMSP) Moulmein district headquarters.” The crime of rape and murder will most likely result in an extended jail sentence, though the length of a possible sentence could not be confirmed.

“We feel sorry for the Burman people and offer them jobs and allow them to live in our village. Sadly, a girl in our village was raped and brutally killed by a Burma man. Before, our village was a very peaceful place. But now as more Burman people have moved in, we have been cheated, had our motorbikes stolen, faced outright hostility, and now one of us has been killed” a source reported, who had recently spoken to a villager from the area.

He added, “Most of the migrant workers are from upper Burma and are working here or in other villages in the area.” He surmised, “There are approximately 1000 Burman people in our village, and have increased in population this year”.

The source also reported a villager saying “Most of our villagers migrated to Thailand and left their farms and homes. We have a shortage of workers and therefore we must use the migrant workers who arrive from upper Burma looking for work.”

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