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Robbery revives old fears in Ta Ra Nar village

HURFOM: The rice-producing farmlands of Ta Ra Nar village in Kyaikmayaw Township are home to roughly 2,000 households comprised primarily of ethnic Mon families. The village is also known for its significant number of security officials based in the area, including state police, local militia forces, and members of the New Mon State Party (NMSP), the predominant ethnic Mon resistance group. For this reason, when a robbery took place unimpeded earlier this week in a home centrally located among various security forces, residents reported a wave of anxiety that evoked past feelings of a village life characterized by absent rule of law and recurring safety concerns. Read more

Kyauk Kadin Residents Detail Incident of Extortion

HURFOM: The situation for Yebyu Township locals continues to deteriorate under the unchecked influence of a Mon splinter group. The group continues to terrorize and extort villages despite the regional presence of the Burmese Military. Reports of extortion and torture highlight the lackluster security situation in the area straddling northern Yebyu Township and southern Ye Township. Read more

Extortion of Locals Continues in Yebyu Township

HURFOM: Yebyu Township locals have reported being arbitrarily extorted by a Mon splinter group who threatened torture and continued intimidation if failing to pay. The extortion victims have also claimed that the situation cannot improve if the Burmese Military and New Mon State Party (NMSP) continue to ignore their request for increased security in the affected area. Read more

NMSP and border groups discuss child protection in armed conflict

WCRP: Community-based organizations located in the Thai-Burma border town of Sangkhlaburi met with members of the New Mon State Party, the predominant ethnic Mon resistance group, to discuss commitments the party made in August 2012 upon becoming a signatory to Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment for the protection of children in armed conflict. Read more

Ye Township Residents Recount Trials of Land Disputes with Military

HURFOM: Over the course of this year, land owners have contacted HUROM to discuss their feelings about work-restriction of their farmland, six years after being able to return to land that had been confiscated. Residents of Ye Township, Mon State saw much of their land confiscated in 2001 by LIB No. 586, which is under the control of Burmese Military No. 19. Read more

Locals Face Hardships as Military Conducts Training

HURFOM: Karen and Mon citizens reported an increased risk of danger for locals and farmers after reports surfaced that the Burmese Military would open training in close proximity to local plantations and farmland. Residents have complained that the military training will directly affect their daily income and their livelihood. According to information gathered about the military training, the Burmese Military is planning to use heavy artillery during their exercises. Read more

Ye Township residents appeal to parliament to resolve sluggish land disputes

HURFOM: Several residents have accused officials from the Ye Township land records department of failing to advance local land dispute cases after the office conducted surveys to document confiscations and meet with victims. Members of the community claim that there is a wide discrepancy between the survey’s findings and the real number of land confiscation cases in the area, and state that even cases included in official documentation have not received department support in pursuing legal recourse or compensation. Read more

Labor migration leaves women and children to face flooding in Mon State

WCRP: Although the heavy rains that pounded much of Karen and Mon States abated as July came to a close, renewed downpours in Kyaikmayaw Township last month were particularly hard on women and children. Due to the high numbers of migrant workers from Kyaikmayaw living in Thailand and Malaysia, women were primarily tasked with moving family members and possessions to higher ground, covering gaps in income and food when work and local resources became scarce, and restoring damaged homes and farmlands after the rains subsided. Read more