{"id":63018,"date":"2005-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2005\/12\/16\/burma-army-commences-attacks-in-southern-karenni-state\/"},"modified":"2005-12-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-16T00:00:00","slug":"burma-army-commences-attacks-in-southern-karenni-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2005\/12\/16\/burma-army-commences-attacks-in-southern-karenni-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Burma Army Commences Attacks in Southern Karenni 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: Burma             Army Commences Attacks in Southern Karenni State <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"greytext\">Karenni State, Burma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"greytext\">16 December, 2005<\/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 width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"662\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolorlight=\"#b7c494\" bordercolordark=\"#333333\" bordercolor=\"#003333\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" height=\"26\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"99%\" height=\"26\">\n<div align=\"left\" class=\"title2\">KEY DEVELOPMENTS<a name=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" height=\"47\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" height=\"47\" class=\"linkMenu\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"linkMenu\"><b><a href=\"#1\" class=\"linkMenu\">Burma Army                 commences attacks in Southern Karenni State<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"#2\" class=\"linkMenu\">Burma Army extorts villagers                 in Ler Doh Township<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"#3\" class=\"linkMenu\">Map of Burma Army activities<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"21\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"746\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"21\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><span class=\"title2\">Burma Army commences attacks in             Southern Karenni State <\/span><i><a name=\"1\"><\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">The Burma Army recently began     attacks in Southwestern Karenni State, south of the Mawchi-Toungoo road, near     the border of Toungoo District, Western Karen State. Burma Army battalions     421, 424, 426, and 428 are leading this sweep against villagers and internally     displaced people (IDPs). The Burma Army controls two Karenni factions, which     are helping them in this operation. The Karenni National Peoples&#8217; Liberation     Front (KNPLF) with 80 soldiers, and the Karenni National Solidarity Organization     (KNSO), with 20 soldiers. All people from the villages of Hpa Poe and Geh     Kaw Per are now in hiding and another 28 villages are threatened by these     attacks. This southern area of Karenni State has been under almost constant     attack since 1997. Burma Army forces have burned villages, forcefully relocated     people, and laid landmines throughout this area. In 2003 alone, over 3,000     Karenni villagers were chased from their homes by a 10 battalion Burma Army     attack in this same area. They are attempting to clear all Karenni villagers     and IDPs out of this area for the following reasons: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> 1. To finish construction     of the Mawchi-Toungoo road. <br \/>    2. In preparation for the new dams to be built on the Salween River in Karenni     State. <br \/>    3. To stop all support for the Karenni pro-democracy resistance operating     in this area. <\/span><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The Karenni National Progress     Party (KNPP) is the pro-democracy force representing the Karenni. They are     now attempting to provide assistance to the villagers and IDPs currently under     attack. <\/span><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"21\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"656\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"21\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"83%\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"title2\">Burma               Army Extorts Villagers in Ler Doh Township<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"title2\"><span class=\"bodyTitle\">               <\/span><\/span><i><a name=\"2\"><\/a> <\/i><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <b>Ler Doh Township, Nyaunglebin     District, Western Karen State, Burma.<\/b><\/span><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> On Dec. 1, 2005, troops from     Burma Army Infantry Battalion (IB) 60, under the command of Corp. Po Zaw Wa,     along with a militia entered Kyae Ja village. They demanded and received 1,200     kyat from each of the 40 families in the village. <\/span><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The next day, on Dec. 2, 2005,     troops from the same battalion, IB 60, under the command of Kain Maung Myit     captured 3 villagers from Pay Htu village. After capturing the villagers they     demanded money from each of them; 40,000 kyat from Saw Kyaw Kyaw, 50,000 kyat     from Saw Mae Der, and 15,000 kyat from Saw Kya Htoo. <\/span><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"21\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"637\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"21\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"83%\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"title2\">Map of               Western Karen State and Southern Karenni State, Burma <\/span><\/span><i><a name=\"3\"><\/a>               <\/i><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"3%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0   <span class=\"bodyCopy\">  <\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/12\/20051216_01.gif\" width=\"570\" height=\"414\"><\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar post=eval({\"id\":63018,\"title\":\"Burma Army Commences Attacks in Southern Karenni State\",\"subject\":\"FBR: Burma Army Commences Attacks in Southern Karenni State\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: Burma Army Commences Attacks in Southern Karenni State Karenni State, Burma 16 December, 2005 \u00a0 \u00a0 KEY DEVELOPMENTS \u00a0 Burma Army commences attacks in Southern Karenni State Burma Army extorts villagers in Ler Doh Township Map of Burma &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2005\/12\/16\/burma-army-commences-attacks-in-southern-karenni-state\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","state-karen3-nyaunglebin","state-karen","state-karenni","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\/63018","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=63018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}