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Junta extorts truck drivers illegally importing Thai products

HURFOM: On October 9^th, 2024, the military junta announced a strict ban on illegally imported products crossing the Chinese and Thai borders.  The junta believes this illegal trade benefits Ethnic Armed Organizations – EAOs.

By the second week of October, junta forces stationed at security gates along the Ah Bit-Three Pagoda Highway Road, Mudon Township, Mon State began extorting truck drivers importing Thai products via the Three Pagoda Pass.

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October 2024: Monthly Overview of the Human Rights Situation

Summary overview and analysis

Surveillance on the Rise in Southeastern Burma as Civilians Seek Safety and Protection from Ongoing Atrocities by the Military Junta

Human rights violations across southeastern Burma continue to cause distress and alarm among local civilians. In targeted areas of the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region, local people increasingly face restrictions on their ability to travel and work freely, with multiple forms of extortion imposed for permits. This extends to the epidemic of arbitrary arrests, which undermines civilian rights and freedoms.

In addition, the junta-enforced census, which began in mid-October, poses several risks to local security. For example, the census includes a controversial question about the language spoken at home instead of directly asking about ethnicity. This has led to fears that ethnic minorities who respond by saying they speak Burmese at home will automatically be classified as “Burmese” in the census, undermining their ethnic identity.

In the last census, the Mon ethnic population accounted for over one million. However, given the format of this new census, some worry that the Mon population could drop below one million because many, particularly those in urban areas or certain villages, predominantly speak Burmese at home. Critics say this concern reflects the junta’s broader political strategy of diluting ethnic representation and influence in the country.

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Junta’s aggressive military operations force tens of thousands to flee homes

HURFOM: Since October 14^th, 2024, there have been frequent armed clashes between the military junta and the joint resistance forces in Mee Laung Chaung and Kyell villages, Pu Law Township, Tenasserim Division.

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Junta kills local man for not stopping motorbike in Long Lone

HURFOM: On October 31^st, 2024, 40-year-old U Kyaw Khine from Ka Boo village, Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division junta’s troops stationed at the security gate in front of the immigration office in Long Lone Town, signaled motorcycle riders to stop for inspections.

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Junta’s regiment burns down houses and kills villager in Tha Yet Chaung

HURFOM: Since October 28^th, 2024, a junta’s regiment has launched military operations in villages in Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division. The junta forces have burnt down houses, looted valuables from the houses of displaced villagers. They also shot and killed a local villager, according to local sources.

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Junta soldier raped and killed lover; handed over to civilian’s court

HURFOM: On September 1^st, 2024, 26-year-old primary school teacher Daw Chit Chit Htoo from Mu Kwell village, Chaung Zone Township, Mon State disappeared, after her lover, a junta soldier Aung Thu Hein sent for her via taxi.

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Junta’s troops beat and kill villager and injure seven residents in Bilin

HURFOM: On October 11^th, 2024, junta soldiers recklessly arrested and beat local villagers.  The soldiers were shopping between Mell Pa Lee and War Khaw Pow villages, Bilin Township, Mon State.

57-year-old Saw San Win from Mell Pa Lee village was killed on the spot and seven other villagers were injured.

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Junta artillery attack kills local man in Yebyu

HURFOM: On October 29^th, 2024, the military junta battled with the resistance forces in Nyin Htwe village, Yebyu Township, Tenasserim, and the 304^th artillery regiment based in Kyout Ka Nyar village launched an artillery attack on the village to help their troops.

At least four artillery shells exploded in the village and the explosions killed 47-year-old U Tin Latt on the spot.

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