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Immigration raid frees eight human trafficking victims near Bangkok

Women and Child Rights Project:

Eight Burmese human trafficking victims were freed during a raid by Thai immigration authorities in Mahachai, Thailand, yesterday. The victims include 2 women and 6 children, ages 15 to 17.

The eight victims had been forced to work 7-day workweeks of 19-hours per day, for the last 3 months. Though they had agreed to work off a 25,000 baht debt to the trafficker who transported them to Thailand, they were only being given a fraction of a legal or fair working wage. Read more

Corrupt taxation enriching government appointed headman in Mudon Township

HURFOM: A government-appointed headman in Nang Hlone village, Mudon Township, is enriching himself by collecting higher taxes than his counterparts in neighboring villages, say local sources.

Last week, the headman, Nai Win Shinn, began collecting a 4,000 kyat tax from rubber plantation owners, per 400 trees. The tax came at the behest of the Forestry Department. According to a source in the Naung Hlone Village Peace and Development Council (VPDC), the order was only for 200 kyat to be collected per 400 trees. Read more

Eight village tracts forced to provide unpaid, 24-hour road sentries

HURFOM: Inhabitants of eight village tracts are being required to work as unpaid security guards along the Thanbyuzayat to Ye motor road. Headmen in the area are also being threatened with 2 to 7 year prison sentences if rebels make any attacks.

The threat was issued to headman on December 11th, in a meeting convened by Colonel Khin Maung Cho, 1st Commander of Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 106. The meeting was attended by headmen from Wae-Kha-Mi, Bay-Lamine Ka-Nin-Ka-Moh village tracts in Thanbyuzayat Township and Bae-La-Mu, Don-Phee, Hnin-Sone, Ayu-Taung and Kyaung-Ywa village tracts in Ye Township. Each village tract is home to 2 to 3 villages. Read more

Authorities ignoring rape and murder of 7-year-old girl in Pegu Division

HURFOM: A seven-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Ma U Pin village, Pegu Division last week. Local military authorities are refusing to take any action, though area residents and the Karen Women’s Organization (KWO) contend that the perpetrator is a soldier. Read more

Army forcibly relocates village in Tennasserim Division; boy beaten, girl raped

HURFOM: Burmese Army troops in northern Tenesserim Division forced all residents of Amae village to abandon their homes and plantations in November. On the same day, the troops also raped a seventeen-year-old girl and severely beat a young boy. Read more

Forced sentry duty, travel restrictions in Ye Township

HURFOM: Residents of A Pyaing village, Ye Township, are being required to stand sentry and walk security patrols, say local sources. Villagers are also prohibited from leaving the village after 6 pm.

The travel restriction and mandatory security duty began on December 8th, at the behest of Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 343. Each night 40 people are required to stand sentry or make security patrols on a rotation organized by the Village Peace and Development Council (VPDC). Read more

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