Villagers beaten by Burmese Army in Ye Township

March 3, 2007

Toe-Thet-Ywa-Thit village, Ye Township, Mon State

Case No. 1: Between August 21 and August 24, 2007, Mg San Oo (not his real name), a 28 year old from Toe-Thet-Ywar-Thit village, was arrested by Burmese soldiers led by Sergeant Thet Zaw Oo from the Light Infantry Battalion No. 586, under Military Operations and Management Command (MOMC) No. 19. Mg San Oo was arrested at the edge of Koe-Mine Village, where he was attending the funeral of a relative.

“He was beaten on his back and legs with a bamboo pole. His face is covered with black welts from the torture he received. They accused him of being a reporter for a Mon rebel group. They interrogated him and when they were dissatisfied with his answers, they beat him. We can hear him crying in pain, even from far away,” said a witness from Toe-Thet-Ywa-Thit who didn’t give her name. Read more

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Development Project Employed 140 villagers in Forced Labor

February 13, 2007

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140 local Mon Villagers from Ye township were ordered by local army officers to build two bridges for the development project in the area.

The army officers of LIB (31) forced civilians from two villages, Yin-ye and Toe Thet Ywar Thit, Khaw-zar sub-Township to construct two bridges in southern and northern Toe Thet Ywar Thit village. The construction started on February 2, 2007.

The Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Myint, Southeast Command, based in Mawlamyine, called a meeting for the two villages, Yin-ye and Toe Thet Ywar Thit to discuss the building of the bridges in the last week of January. Read more

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Artillery battalion collects tax on rubber plant

January 18, 2007

Residents of Mon State in Burma who are close to the army battalions are also not free from trouble created by the military authorities. For instance, even though rubber plantation owners have paid money to the battalion as rubber plant tax they are not treated differently. According to a plantation owner, the Burmese Artillery Regiment No.318 based near Ab-bit village in Mudon Township, Mon State collected money from owners among Ab-bit village at the rate of about Kyat 500 per plant.