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Junta’s soldiers rape local women in Tenasserim

HURFOM: Since December 17^th, 2024, the military junta has launched military operations in Yebyu, Htone Khar, Chaung Hnit Pauk and Thane Khun villages alongside Tenasserim – Maw Taung Motorway in Tenasserim Township, Tenasserim Division.  This has included intense battles against the resistance forces.

The regiment reached Thane Khun village on December 21^st and arrested local villagers and used them as human shields. Then, they burgled and robbed houses and sexually abused local women, according to local sources.

“When the armed clash broke out, everyone fled to the plantations. All the villagers were running in every direction. A local woman who became separated from her family encountered the regiment and she was raped by the soldiers,” said a local woman from Thane Khun village.

According to investigations made by HURFOM, the junta’s troops raped two local women in an uninhabited place nearby the entrance of Thane Khun village on December 22^nd and on December 24^th, the troops raped another local woman in a plantation outside the village.

“Some villagers saw the soldiers raping local women, but they were frightened and run away. They don’t recognize the victims but the women were young,” said a person.

At the moment, the villagers are fleeing from their village, making it difficult to know the status of the victims.

“The current situation is really uncertain as some villagers have lost contact with their family members.  We are worried that lost family members might be the rape victims,” said another local woman.

More than 20 Thane Khun residents were arrested by the regiment and have not yet been released. The military has been using those they arrest as human shields.

“Armed clashes have been breaking out both in and near the village. The junta has been launching attacks around the village. They tied the arrested villagers together with ropes and forced them to carry their military equipment. They held the end of the rope,” said one local witness.

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