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Security forces shoot and kill a villager without any investigation: Villagers are furious and scared.

HURFOM: Armed resistance against the military council has gained momentum in Southern Ye Township, Mon State.

In response, the military council has tightened security. On September 23, a villager from Ka Log village, Southern Ye Township, Mon State was shot and killed by the security forces of the military council.  Soldiers said he breached martial law.

On August 5, 2022 the military council proclaimed that Ye Township is under martial law. The law prohibits anyone going outside after 8 pm.

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Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region
Fourth Week of September 2022

HURFOM: As the month of September 2022 comes to an end, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) continues its monitoring of the security situation on the ground in Southeastern Burma, particularly in Mon State, Karen State and Tanintharyi region. Over the last few weeks, the situation is worsening against the backdrop of growing hostilities. Grave atrocities continue to be perpetrated by the military junta. 

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Villages in Kyarinnseikyi suffer from a one month electricity blackout

HURFOM: On August 22, 2022, a transformer in Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State was damaged by a bomb blast,  leaving many villages in the township without power for the past month.

“The transformer beside Myawaddy-Kawkarake Road was damaged by a bomb blast. We don’t know who is responsible. On September 22, it will be one month since we have had any electricity,” said a resident from Kyarinnseikyi Township.

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Medicine shortage continues in Mon State

HURFOM: Some medicines have been out of stock since September in Mon state.  Patients are paying unusually high prices for needed medications.

Various kinds of analgesics, medications for renal stones, heart diseases and diabetes have run out leaving patients searching for alternatives.

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Nai Chan’s Ramanya Army, demands three million Kyat from Pauk Pin Kwin

HURFOM: On September 16, 2022, the Ramanya Army, led by Nai Chan, demanded three million Kyat from the residents of Pauk Pin Kwin village, located in Yebyu Township, Tenasserim Division. 

Chan’s army is active in Southern Ye Township, and this is the second time the group has attempted to extort the same village.

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Villagers hesitate to visit Ye due to frequent attacks and tight security

HURFOM: Nearly every day in Ye Town, the capital of Ye Township, there are shootings and attacks on government and military venues. On September 18, 2022, the Ye Guerrilla Force (YGF) announced the barracks of the local battalion (#106)  had been attacked.

In response the military council has increased its local security presence.  It has also meant that  residents from nearby  villages do not want  to visit their  capital.

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Electricity fees in Ye have quadrupled since the coup

HURFOM: Private electricity service providers in Ye Township, Mon State informed their customers that they will start charging 2,500 Kyat per 1kWh in September, 2022.

“The company said they’ll increase the electricity fee starting from this month. Then, each household must use at least 8 kWh,” said a resident from Ye Township.

Before the coup, 1kWh cost 600 Kyat but a year after the coup, the companies were charging 900 Kyat per kWh in February, 2022.

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Weekly Overview: Human Rights Situation in Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region
Third Week of September 2022

HURFOM: A weekly update by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) on the situation on the ground. Summary data includes Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi region.

There are many challenges that civilians in Southeastern Burma are facing amid worsening military junta offensives. Those unlawfully detained are being forced to pay bribes as the economy continues to unravel. Inflation has made the cost of living nearly impossible for some households. And yet – the junta is demanding large sums for the release of innocent civilians. Over the last week, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) documented four cases of the junta demanding ransoms to free family members in Ye, Mon State. The situation is at a crossroads and is showing no signs of improving.

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Military council pressures schools to open despite security concerns

HURFOM: Since April, 2022, the Burmese army and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) have frequently engaged in armed clashes in the Kha Lae – Da Gon Die area of Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State.

Approximately ten government schools in nearby villages have been closed due to the fighting.

Despite the fact that armed clashes are on-going, the military council is pressuring the village authorities and school officials to open government schools in Nan Tie Tun, Pha Yar Ngar Zu and Daung De village of Kha Lae – Da Gon Die area.

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Eastern Ye Township villagers worry their homes will become a battlefield

HURFOM: The region of eastern Ye is a militarily complex territory where the New Mon State Party (NMSP), the KUN and the local PDF are active.

“The Burmese military comes to our village. The Mon and the Karen army also come here. Then, the PDF are active around here too. If the Burmese army launches a military operation, there will be an armed clash. The villages become battlefields and we have to flee,” said a Kine Taw villager.

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