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Trafficking Persists on Thai-Burma Boarder

WCRP: On Sunday, February 9th, 2014, a four year-old girl was abducted from the Thai-Burma boarder. The Mon Women’s Network (MWN) has been working to raise awareness and charge offenders of human trafficking, but child abduction continues to persist in Three Pagodas Pass Township. The child was lucky to be found, thanks to the efforts of the MWN and local people. Read more

Brutally Attacked by Burmese Soldier, Victim’s Future is Uncertain

Mi Cho, 43, faces continuing hardship after having survived a brutal attack by Second Corporal Ye Lin Tun. Along with a serious head injury resulting from the assault, Mi Cho must undergo surgery for a finger injury; a surgery necessary for her to ever be able to work again. Effects of the attack have not only created serious health risks, but have left Mi Cho and her family destitute, as she tries to cover hospital costs and her family’s living expenses.. Read more

Women Attacked by SoldiersWait for Justice

On January 26, 2014, Mi Cho, from Wae Ka Yat village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, was brutally assaulted and beaten by Second Corporal Ye Lin Tun, from Artillery Battalion No 315. The assault, resulting in a severe head injury, among other bodily injury, has left Mi Cho struggling to find a way to support her family, as well as to finance her hospital bills and court expenses. Read more

Sex-Work Industry Rising in our Cities; Government Must Address This Issue

WCRP: Ma Eli Htwe , 20 year-old, is from YaeLalKout Tan, in Rangon. She is working in a massage bar in Own Pinn village, which lies along a gas pipeline that is longer, but less well-known, than the controversial Yadana pipeline that it connects to. Today, Ohn Pin Kwin is predominantly home to ethnic Tavoy people, with a small Mon population. Read more

Another Brutal Assault at the Hands of a Burmese Soldier

HURFOM: On January 26, Mi Cho, 43, was assaulted and beaten by Second Corporal Ye Min Tun, from Artillery Battalion No. 315, which is based west of Wae Ka Lee village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State. This marks the second sexual assault by a Burmese solder in Thanbyuzayat in just four and a half weeks, and military authorities are trying to suppress any news of the attack. Read more

Extortion and Abuse Continues in Three Pagodas Pass Township

HURFOM: The Burmese government claims to have adopted a democratic system since 2010, but people living in and around Three Pagodas Pass have expressed concerns of continued corruption, extortion, and human rights abuse at the hands of the government.

In late December, 2013, a village administrator from Ywar Thit Village, Three Pagodas Pass Township (TPP), cooperated with the Township Settlement and Land Records Department (SLRD), to measure all land controlled by the township, which stretches through ten villages. Read more

Thanbyuzayat Fire Brigade Extorts Village Residents

HURFOM: On January 21, 2014, fire brigades from the Thanbyuzayat, Karote Pi, Sat-se, Kwan Hlar, and Hnee Pa Daw villages rushed to a fire which had engulfed four houses in Pa-na Village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State. After the fires had been extinguished, the victims were forced to bribe the Thanbyuzayat Fire Brigade for doing their jobs. Local residents deem it unacceptable for public servants to extort their community in such a way. Read more

The Mon State Government and Private Companies Intimidate Landowners from Speaking out Against Unjust Land Confiscation

HURFOM: The Mon State government and its backing companies have been unjustly confiscating the Burmese peoples’ land for decades. This widespread practice, coupled with the country’s 2012 Farmland Law, Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Law and the Foreign Investment Law, has pushed farmers into circumstances of profound hardship. The government and private companies have systematically intimidated local farmers to sell their lands, or the land would be forcibly confiscated with absolutely no compensation to the farmers. Read more

Rape Victim Attempts to Flee Burma as Infantry Battalion No. 31 Incites Fear

WCRP: On December 24, 2013, a thirteen year-old girl was abducted from her home and raped by local soldier Than Win, of Infantry Battalion No. 31 (IB No.31), based in KhawZar Sub-Township, Ye Township, Mon State. The military has offered the victim’s family a settlement of 500,000 kyat compensation, and has told the victim’s parents that if anyone asks about it, they must say that the soldier only touched the girl’s hand and that Than Win was not able to rape their daughter. The military forced the girl’s family to sign an agreement attesting to these conditions. Read more

Spotlight on Poverty and Child Labor in Burma

HURFOM: It’s 5:00am, and the early morning fog makes the sky look very dark; a limousine from Ta La Mon arrives at the bus station in Myay Nee Gon, Moulmein, Mon State. It’s time for the local children to start their daily search for plastic, which they redeem to buy food for themselves and their families. Read more

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