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Landowners forced to donate to Cyclone victims, worry about the funds’ destinations

Mudon and Thanbyuzayat townships :

HURFOM  : Authorities in Mudon and Thanbyuzayat Townships are collecting another round of forced donations for Cyclone Nargis victims, report villagers, who express suspicion about the funds’ actual destinations.

On September 11^th, U Kyaw Kyaw Aung, chairman of the Mudon Peace and Development Council, instructed the township’s Forest and Land Records departments to collect 3,000 to 5,000 kyat from landowners in the area.

“This time they forced us to donate 3,000 kyat – some land owners had to pay 5,000 kyat, depending on the size of their land,” said a farmer in the area who wished to remain anonymous.

“We are happy to donate as much as we can, but we don’t like being forced by the authorities,” said Nai Yae, a 50 year-old villager from Mudon, who was ordered to donate 3,000 kyat. Read more

Villagers in Mudon forced to provide security for gas pipeline and railway

HURFOM:

Villagers are being forced to provide security for the Kanbauk to Myinekalay gas pipeline in Mudon Township, report villagers from Doe Mar village. The order was issued on September 1^st, by Nai Amyint, head of the Village Peace and Development Council, and required villagers to patrol the 210 mile long gas pipeline.

“The village headmen said that each household must send at least one person per month. For those who fail to meet their obligation, he or she must pay 2,000 kyat per month. Most households choose to pay the fine or hire somebody else,” said a villager. Read more

Travel taxes imposed in northern Mon State

By HURFOM:

Mudon/Thanbyuzayat

The Burmese army is levying new taxes on road users in Mudon and Thanbyuzayat Townships in northern Mon State. According to local sources in Mudon, troops from Artillery Regiment No. 315, began taxing traffic on the Ahbit to Yetagon-Waenaing road. The soldiers, led my Sergeant Myint Htoo Naung, built a checkpoint on the junction near Ahbit village and began levying taxes on July 2^nd. Read more

Burmese Army resells confiscated land

By HURFOM:

Kamarwet village ,mudon Township

The commander of Light Infantry Brigade No. 209 is selling confiscated land, report farmers in southern Mudon Township, Mon State. The battalion’s commander is selling the land before he transfers to another post, reports the 35 year-old son of one the former landowners, triggering fears that his replacement will issue a new round of land confiscation. “My parents’ land was seized seven years ago,” the man said. “It was about seven acres and full of Rubber and Ceylon trees. Recently, the commander sold our land to a businessman from Mudon for five million kyat before he transfers.” Read more

Personal Account: Meeting with group of young victims of torture

During the end of July, 2008, a HURFOM reporter, met with a group of young victims who escaped from Khaw-Zar Subtown in a refugee camp at Thai-Burma border. Read more

UN Envoy Moves Wrong Path

HURFOM:There is a contradiction that when UN special envoy, Mr. Gambari, declared his supports for the preparation of military dominated general elections in 2010. Surprisingly, why he did not seriously think that these elections will not bring to National Reconciliation in Burma and that could create more problems in the country. Read more

Drugs problem in Burma and Drug Trafficking in Mon Areas

I.Burma: Well-known for Drug Production

Burma (Myanmar) continues to be second largest producer of opium after Afghanistan in this globe. Yet the military junta claims that it will free the country of opium cultivation by 2014. The fact – a corrupt military is known to turn a blind eye for it lines pockets and it is a main concern for the international community that whether they can end the drug problem in Burma, while the ethnic communities in various ethnic States express concern that the drug problems have increased. Read more

THE PLIGHT OF MIGRANT WORKER: SUFFRING ACROSS THE BORDERS

By WCRP:

I. The Background of Migration of Workers from Burma

Southern part of Burma, bordering with Thailand, is a resource-rich area with a strong agricultural based livelihood of diverse ethnic nationalities – Mon, Karen, Tavoyan, Pa-oh, and Burman. It also has natural gas, fishery reserves and large good soil farmlands. However, most of the ethnic local inhabitants have suffered starkly poverty for decades in contrast with largesse, a result of decades of economic mismanagement and corruption within the Burmese military bureaucracy which has taken place since the 1962’s Gen. Ne Win military coup till the present regime, namely State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). Additionally and simultaneously, like the previous regimes, this military regime (junta) SPDC has mounted heavy offensives against the ethnic groups in the border regions that have had crippling effects on civilian populations. Read more

Villagers arrested on suspicion of rebel supporters

Eight villagers were arrested for being suspected rebel supporters and put in woode
stocks for two days and beaten by a local Burmese Light Infantry Battalion in Yebyu Township, northern Tenasserim division on the last August 16, 2008.

“They were detained after a member from Monland Restoration Party surrendered to
LIB No. 282 and informed the battalion that some individuals from this village secretly assisting the rebel Read more

Where Is My School, Where Are My Friends?

By WCRP:

A tragic story from one of the Cyclone Nargis hit zones

An 11 year old boy, Maung Thein Naing (not his real name), was surprised to hear his father say he had to leave for school in early June, following orders from the village headmen. Soon after Cyclone Nargis ripped through his village and killed his mother and sister, he forgot he was a student. His school in the north of the village near the rice fields also disappeared in the storms of early May. Read more

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