Mon people face hard labor in military development projects.
May 4, 2007
Human Rights News Report
More than one hundred Mon civilians in southern Mon State have been forced to work for multiple development projects for three weeks of each month. Most of the civilians have been conscripted to work on bridge constructions. The civilians are forced to do labour on 46 bridges, which includes large and small bridges all along the way along the main road from Ye township to Kaw Zar sub town.
Alongside reports of forced labour there have also been reports of the military increasing the transportation of military equipment to their battalion in Kaw Zar. The development of bridges makes access possible for the transportation of army stuff to their artillery battalion in Kaw Zar sub-town. Read more
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