{"id":62927,"date":"2006-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2006\/04\/08\/toungoo-district-northern-karen-state\/"},"modified":"2006-04-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-04-08T00:00:00","slug":"toungoo-district-northern-karen-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/04\/08\/toungoo-district-northern-karen-state\/","title":{"rendered":"TOUNGOO DISTRICT NORTHERN KAREN STATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"662\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolorlight=\"#b7c494\" bordercolordark=\"#333333\" bordercolor=\"#003333\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"bodybox\"><span class=\"title1\">FBR REPORT: Update             on Situation in Karen State<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"greytext\">Karen State, Burma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"greytext\">8 April, 2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"title1\">\n<div align=\"left\" class=\"title2\">\n<div class=\"divdashedline\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"251\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td height=\"251\" width=\"660\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolorlight=\"#b7c494\" bordercolordark=\"#333333\" bordercolor=\"#003333\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"27\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"99%\" height=\"27\" class=\"bodybox\">\n<p><span class=\"title1\"> TOUNGOO DISTRICT NORTHERN KAREN STATE \u0096                 6 April 2006<a name=\"0\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"62\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"99%\" height=\"62\">\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"left\" class=\"title2\">Villagers have been captured,                   shot, killed and beheaded in Western Karen State, Toungoo District,                   resulting in over 2,000 in hiding and 1,000 who have already                   fled to the Thailand border in March and April.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"28\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"99%\" height=\"28\">\n<p class=\"title1\">NYAUNGLEBIN DISTRICT WESTERN KAREN STATE <span class=\"title1\">               \u0096<\/span> 5 April 2006<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"37\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"title2\" height=\"37\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Four villagers shot and killed and ten year old girl wounded                   by Burma Army troops in Western Karen State, Nyaunglebin District,                   Burma. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" height=\"48\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" height=\"48\" class=\"linkMenu\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#1\" class=\"linkMenu\">Report from Toungoo District<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\" class=\"linkMenu\">Report from Nyaunglebin District<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#3\">Context and Background<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"95%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/p>\n<td class=\"bodyCopy\" width=\"731\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"23\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"84%\" height=\"23\"><span class=\"bodyTitle\"><span class=\"title2\">Report             from Toungoo District, 6 April 2006<\/span><\/span><i><a name=\"1\"><\/a>             <\/i><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\" height=\"23\"><a href=\"#0\" class=\"bodyCopy\">^ top <\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\" height=\"23\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"bodyCopy\">The Burma Army is now attacking Karen civilians in Western     Karen State, Burma. These attacks have displaced over 3,000 villagers (1,000     have fled to the Thailand border the rest are now IDPs) in Toungoo District.     Villagers have fled into the jungle with very little food or clothing. The     Burma Army is burning homes, rice barns and laying landmines to stop villagers     from returning to their homes and fields. The following reports are from firsthand     accounts of villagers we met en route as our relief team headed in west while     the displaced families fled East.   <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/20060405_01_155_IDPsFlee.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"313\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">These families are hoping to make it to the Thailand border<\/span>   <font size=\"2\" color=\"#006600\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">(FBR)<\/span><\/font> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title2\">Village Report  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodyCopy\"> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"><b>Ker Der Gah Village (50-60 Families)<\/b>     <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Decapitated-Saw Po De, 40 years old of Ker Der Gah     Village was captured, than later found with his head cut off in a nearby river.     Saw Nu, 50 years old along with three other villagers were also captured and     have not been seen since. The Burma Army troops before departing laid landmines     so villagers would not return. The same village, was burned down in 1997 by     the Burma Army IB 20. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Hpa Wae Der Koh Village (40 families) <\/span><\/b>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Landmines were laid by the Burma Army (IB 20) in     March 2006. A villager Saw Ley stepped on a landmine and died leaving behind     a pregnant wife. Saw Pa Oo Kyaut, 50 years old with eight children also received     injuries from a landmine. The people told us that he was not allowed by the     Burma Army to go to Thandaung Gyi for treatment because authorities feared     that foreigners who visit there would find out. He is now being treated in     Tanduang. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Ler Koh Der Koh Village <\/span><\/b>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Burned down in 1997 by IB 20. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Ler Ker Der Thah Village (35 Families) <\/span><\/b>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> In December 2005 the Burma Army burned eleven houses     in this village. February 2006, the Burma Army returned and burned down the     rest of the village (29 houses). In 2000 landmines were laid in and outside     of the village. Saw Mo She, 39 years old stepped on a landmine outside of     the village and was killed. In April, 2000 Saw Eh Ya was captured in a coffee     field and shot. In May, 2006 Saw Bay Lo, 32 years old stepped on a landmine     in the village. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <b>Pa Wae Der Gah Village (28 families)<\/b> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Burma Army troops burned the village, rice and laid     landmines. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <b>Koh Mee Koh (22 families)<\/b> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> In February 2006, the Burma Army stole belongings     of villagers then burned the village and laid landmines. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <b>Ker Law Gah (50 families) <\/b><\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Burma Army troops captured four people from this     village. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <b>Sah Ba Law Ke (40 families) <\/b><\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> In February 2006, Burma Army troops fired four mortars     into the village and continued firing mortars into the village in following     days. The village and rice were later burned by the Burma Army. Division 66     has now built a new camp at this village. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Haw Lu Der (27 families) <\/span><\/b>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The Burma Army burned the rice and village in February,     2006. Two water buffaloes also stepped on landmines laid there. The village     was previously burned in 1998. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <b>Sho Ko <\/b><\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Burma Army troops had previously burned this village     but villagers had returned and built temporary structures there. The Burma     Army returned, villagers fled and the village was land mined preventing their     return. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0   <\/p>\n<table width=\"95%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/p>\n<td class=\"bodyCopy\" width=\"731\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\" class=\"bodyTitle\">\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Report from Nyaunglebin District. 5 April               2006<\/span><i><a name=\"2\"><\/a> <\/i>           <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><a href=\"#0\" class=\"bodyCopy\">^ top <\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"bodyCopy\"> The Burma Army is now attacking Karen civilians in Western     Karen State, Burma. These attacks have displaced over 1,200 villagers (IDPs)     in Mon Townships alone (Nyaunglebin District), for a total of 3,000 displaced     in the district. Villagers have fled into the jungle with very little food     or clothing. The Burma Army is burning homes, rice barns and laying landmines     to stop villagers from returning to their homes and fields.   <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><b> Details: <\/b><\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <b>26 March 2006 <\/b><\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The Burma Army (LIB 522 with IB 240 and LIB 560)     burned 5 houses in Kwi Do Kaw village in Mon Township. The soldiers then slaughtered     and ate all of the animals of that village. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <b>27 March 2006 <\/b><\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The Burma Army (LIB 522 with IB 240 and LIB 560)     shot and killed two villagers of Kyauk Kyaw and wounded a ten year old girl.     At 5:00 pm two more villagers of Maw La Daw village were shot and killed by     the same troops. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> 29 March 2006 <\/span><\/b>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Burma Army troops took food from Kyauk Kyi Pew and     Ma La Daw and set up a security position to block the Maw La Daw road, preventing     all civilian movement. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> 30 March 2006<\/span><\/b><span class=\"bodyCopy\">     <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> *Sixteen trucks full of supplies arrived at Da Bin     Nyo in Mon Township, Nyaunglebin District. Burma Army soldiers then demanded     that one hundred bullock carts be provided to move their supplies. At 12:00     pm forty bullock carts were produced and food arrived at Ma La Daw. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <b>31 March 2006 <\/b><\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Three hundred more troops reinforced Ma La Daw. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p>\n<table width=\"644\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"43\">\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Notes: <\/span><\/b>       <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"495\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"43\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"495\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"bodyCopy\">*These extra supplies of rice can support             an extra battalion <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <\/span><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> 1 truck can             carry 50 rice bags. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <\/span><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> 1 rice bag             enough to feed one person for 3 months <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <\/span><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> 120 more             trucks are prepared to go to Ma La Daw from Tha Bin Yu. This is in             addition to the over 100 trucks which already resupplied this area.             <\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"106\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> In the face of this suffering the people still maintain     their dignity and generosity, inviting us to eat with them and thanking us     for the very little we can do. <\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> God bless you all, FBR <\/span>   <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0    <\/p>\n<table width=\"95%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/p>\n<td class=\"bodyCopy\" width=\"731\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"3%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\" class=\"bodyTitle\">\n<p class=\"bodyTitle\"> <span class=\"title2\">CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND<\/span><i><a name=\"3\"><\/a>               <\/i>           <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><a href=\"#0\" class=\"bodyCopy\">^ top <\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> For more information about these ongoing attacks,     please see these earlier reports:<\/span>   <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/Reports\/2006\/20060328.html\">380       Newly Displaced Karen People Arrive at the Salween River. Over 5000 Now       in Hiding<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/Reports\/2006\/20060401.html\">       Update on Burma Army Attacks in Toungoo and Nyaunglebin Districts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/Reports\/2006\/20060404.html\">New       Group of 150 IDPs Attempting to Flee to Salween River<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">ENDS<\/span>   <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p><\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar post=eval({\"id\":62927,\"title\":\"TOUNGOO DISTRICT NORTHERN KAREN STATE\",\"subject\":\"FBR: TOUNGOO DISTRICT NORTHERN KAREN STATE\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: Update on Situation in Karen State Karen State, Burma 8 April, 2006 \u00a0 \u00a0 TOUNGOO DISTRICT NORTHERN KAREN STATE \u0096 6 April 2006 \u00a0 Villagers have been captured, shot, killed and beheaded in Western Karen State, Toungoo District, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/04\/08\/toungoo-district-northern-karen-state\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62928,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","state-karen","state-magwe","state-pegu"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.7.8","language":"my","enabled_languages":["en","my"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"my":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}