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Bound, beaten body of human trafficker found after arrest by Thai border police

HURFOM/IMNA: The body of a 35-year-old Mon man was found Saturday after Thai Border Patrol Police arrested him on Friday as he attempted to traffic undocumented workers into Thailand. His neck was broken, his hands bound and his body bore the marks of a beating, say sources among the search party who found him. Read more

Six villages suffer actions by DKBA

HURFOM: In the second week of January the Democratic Karen Buddha Army (DKBA) committed a number of abuses in six different villages in Karen State. They demanded rice and bamboo some from villagers, forced some to works as porters, accused others of being members of the Karen National Union (KNU), demanded money, took property and used some villagers for protection from a KNU ambush. Read more

A woman’s life, displaced on the border

Grass leaves cover the small hut and the floor is laid with bamboo. The poles are only the thickness of a thin man’s wrist. The hut has three rooms and it was built as many months ago. In the bedroom there is one blanket and two pillows; in the kitchen there are two pots and four dishes. A woman named Mi Kyae is sleeping on the floor as two children play on the ground near her. Their situation is not so different from the situation of many displaced people and refugees on the Thai-Burma border.

The New Mon State Party (NMSP) has had a ceasefire with Burma’s State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) government for around 13 years, but the villagers still suffer from war. Conflict is still happening in southern Mon State and Tanessarim Division because Mon and Karen rebels are active in the area. The SPDC calls the region a “black area,” and treats it as a free fire zone. Read more

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