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Two plantation workers shot and killed in Ye Township

HURFOM: On June 1st, 2024, two local men from Kyone Long old village, Ye Township, Mon State were shot and killed at their rubber plantation.

U Phoe Kalar died on the spot while his friend sustained a severe injury. He was sent to Ye General Hospital but died on June 3rd.

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At least ten residents arrested in Kyike Hto

HURFOM: From May 24th to the 31st, 2024, at least ten residents from Kyike Hto Township, Mon State were arrested.  Some of those are young men whose families have not been able to contact them.  Those arrested have been accused of providing financial support to the People’s Defense Force.

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Four youth shot, one dead in Kyike Hto

HURFOM: On May 28th, 2024, the security forces of the military junta shot four young men, and one is now dead, according to the local sources.  The young men are from Kaw Sa Nine Ward, Kyike Hto Town, Mon State.

During a patrol, junta’s forces encountered four young men having a drink in the evening in their ward. The security forces shot them and 29-year-old Ko Soe Moe Oo was shot in the neck and died.

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High inflation rate of Burmese currency creates livelihood hardships for grassroots

HURFOM: Since late May, 2024, the gold price and the exchange rate for the US Dollar and Thai Baht have risen sharply resulting in a rapid drop in the value of Burmese currency.  This has created serious livelihood challenges for the grassroots.

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May 2024: Monthly Overview of the Human Rights Situation

The Military Junta Scales Up Attacks Against Civilians Amid Forced Conscription Bid

The military junta continues to commit widespread human rights violations. In target areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) in Mon State, Karen State and the Tanintharyi region, civilians are feeling increasingly unsafe as the Burma Army shows threatening behaviour and actions. In the wake of the newly enacted Conscription Law, arbitrary arrests and abductions have been on the rise. As the regime continues to forcibly enlist recruits at all costs, HURFOM is concerned that the human rights situation will worsen.

A young man, aged 30, named Min Aung Chan from Kawpalaing village in Kyaikmayaw Township, Mon State, was reportedly killed by the military. His body was discovered on April 27, a few days after his arrest. The young man was captured on April 25 after they inspected his phone during a routine search and accused him of supporting the New Mon State Party (AD) group. Along with his phone, his motorcycle was also confiscated, and he was taken into Junta’s frontline custody. Residents reported that on April 25, junta forces entered Kawpalaing village and the surrounding areas, where they continued their oppressive measures against the villagers:

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Gasoline shortages and high prices interrupts farm work

HURFOM: After the “Kyone Ate” and “Ma Saw” bridges located along the Yangon – Mawlamyine Highway Road were blown up on May 11th, 2024, there has been a gasoline shortage.  The bombing of the bridges has disrupted the supply chain and contributed to a rise in prices throughout Mon State.

A tank of diesel priced at about 200,000 MMK last year is now, priced at nearly a million MMK, and it is not easy to buy diesel.

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Two CDM educational staff sentenced to ten-year imprisonment

HURFOM: On May 28^th, 2024, the junta’s court sentenced a schoolteacher and a school clerk from Kan Buak Town, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division, who have been involved in the civil disobedience movement (CDM), to ten-years imprisonment each.

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Residents in airport project area ordered to move within two months

HURFOM: In June 2022, the military council announced a new international seaport and airport would be constructed on 4,600-acres of land in Mudon Township, Mon State.

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Junta targets migrant workers and persons with substance misuse for compulsory military service

HURFOM: Ye Township, Mon State must send 25 candidates for each batch of compulsory conscription military service, but only seven candidates were sent in the first batch in April, 2024. Only two candidates were sent in the second batch in May, 2024, according to sources close to the Ye Township Administrative Body.

The junta’s failure to conscript candidates for military service, is leading to administrators trying to persuade migrant workers and those with substance misuse issues to join the military by giving them money or business opportunities.

“In Ah Sin and Zee Phyu Taung villages, migrant workers from Phyar Pone (of Irrawaddy Division) and the upper Burma were substituted for local residents to undertake compulsory military service. In our villages, people are using illicit drugs as it looks like it’s officially allowed so village Administrators have manipulated this situation and persuaded these people (to join military service) by giving them money and opportunities (related to drug trade),” said a Ye resident.

The market of “substitution for compulsory military service” is very popular in every township of Mon State, with villagers having to pay even 5 million MMK per month for each substitute.

“All young men went abroad so no man is left in the village. Both the first and second batch mostly included migrant workers. Some parents who can’t control their sons because they are addicted to drugs have been forced to join military service,” said a source close to the village administration department.

200 candidates of the first batch and 50 candidates of the second batch have been trained at the advanced military training school in Well Ka Lee village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State.

Security forces a t Ka Lane Aung check-point extort travelers and motorists

HURFOM: On May 22nd, 2024, the police station and the junta’s check-point at the entrance of Ka Lane Aung Town, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division was attacked by the joint resistance forces.

The junta closed the gate for three days and reopened the gate on May 25th. However, now security forces are extorting money from travelers and motorists claiming they have to pay for “passing through the gate”.

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