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9 year-old girl raped in Ye Township

On June 11, 2016, a 9 year-old school girl was raped by a 24 year-old man in A Baw village, Ye Township, Mon State.

According to a witness, Mg Min Oo, 24 year-old living in Quarter 5, A Baw village was the man who raped her on Saturday around 3pm at a rubber plantation, which is 3 miles away from the village. It was claimed that he first raped her, threatened her and then left her unconscious. Read more

World Day against Child Labor held in Ye Township

On June 15, 2016, World Day against Child Labor was held in Kan Nee and Andin villages, in southern Mon State. The event started at 9am in Kan Nee village and 02:30pm in Andin village. A total of 75 students, village chairmen, village youth groups and parents of students participated in the event.

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Local villagers protest against gravel production project in Paung Township

On June 5^th, 2016, World Environment Day, 500 people from Ouktada village, Paung Township, Mon State, took to the streets to protest against gravel production by Long Life Aggregate Mining Company Limited. Read more

Splinter group extorts 100000 kyat per house from Han Gan villagers

According to a monk from Han Gan village, an armed group, who were coordinated by two leaders called Nai Lon and Nai Song, were demanding payments of 100000 kyat per house in Han Gan village, Ye Township, Mon State. Read more

Local residents concerned about fire accidents at the military shooting training field

Thanbyuzayat: In 2006, 100 acres of rubber plantations from Sakhan Gyi village, Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, have been confiscated by the military light infantry No. 4, to build a military training camp [shooting training field]. Read more

The Impact of drug use in Thanbyuzayat

On April 24, a 9-year-old girl named Mi Mercury was taken by an unidentified 30-year-old man while she was attending Mon summer school in Thanbyuzayat, Mon State.

At 11am the unidentified man took the young girl to buy ice, which would be served in the school. The ice collection took 5 hours, which normally would take no more than 1 hour.

The young girl was returned at 3pm. When she arrived at home, the family found that she had lost one of her earrings; her clothing was dirty; and her face had turned darker. It looked as if she has been coerced into something. When people asked the girl whatthe mandid to her, she said he did not do anything.

It is said that he had taken the girl to theEastern part of Thanbyuzayat. He took one of her earrings and kept her in a place while he went out to buy drugs. Mi Mercury said he did not harm or hurt her but people assumed and suspected that he had done something.

Currently, Thanbyuzayatpolice are still investigating the case.

Five Thanbyuzayat Township villagers murdered in drug-fuelled violence

Five villagers in Wae-Win-Kara village, located in Mon State’s Thanbyuzayat Township, have been killed, following the worst case of drug-related violence on record in Mon State. Read more

Military threats reported as activists seek justice for Ye Township double murder

Last month various news outlets reported the murder of two fishermen by a military captain in Mon State’s Magyi Chaung Wa village. In recent days Magyi Chaung Wa’s village administrator has made further allegations, claiming that the implicated battalion threatened him following the murders, as they attempted to assure his silence. Read more

4-year-old girl raped in southern Ye

On March 22, a 4-year-old girl was raped in Kabyar Wa village, located in Khaw Zar Sub-Township in southern Ye, Mon State.

According to a neighbor, the girl was playing in front of her house at around 7 p.m., when a 14-year-old boy approached her and led her down to a nearby beach, where he raped her in an abandoned boat. Read more

Paung Township mining companies come under fire from local residents

Locals in Paung Township have complained that mining companies have caused serious damage to their local environment, health and traditional livelihoods.

A host of companies are active in Kadaik and Inn Praung village tracts, mining materials to be used for paving roads across the country. Companies involved in Paung Township include Cho Myittar, Ngwe Aw Zar, Unit Bae Lu, Ta Yone In Baryar, No.2 Road Stone Production, Shwe Taung Darna Htan Dee, and the Hightea and Prisons Department Company. Read more

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