{"id":63322,"date":"2005-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2005\/01\/25\/forced-labor-in-toungoo-district\/"},"modified":"2005-01-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-01-25T00:00:00","slug":"forced-labor-in-toungoo-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2005\/01\/25\/forced-labor-in-toungoo-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Forced Labor in Toungoo District"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FBR REPORT: Forced Laber in Toungoo District, Northern Karen State, Burma<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karen State, Burma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25 January, 2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/span><\/font>13 year old boy and 28 others forced to clear road for the Burma Army.<\/font>
A 15-year-old boy from this group lost his leg while clearing this road.<\/span><\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

This 13-year-old Karen boy from Klay Soe Kee was forced to clear the road from Kaw They Der (Yee Tho Gyi), to Naw Soe and on south to See Kay Der along with 28 villagers for the Burma Army during the month of December 2004, starting on 17 December 2004. He and the other villagers were forced to do this work by Burma Army battalion LIB 439 column #1, commanded by Aung Tin Win.\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

While the villagers were clearing the road, one boy, Saw Tha Po Dee age 15, stepped on a landmine and lost his lower leg and foot. Naw Soe and See Kay Der Army camps are located south of Kaw They Der on the road to Busakee, in Tantabin<\/placename>Township<\/placetype><\/place> (Thandaung), Toungoo District, Northern Karen State, Burma.\u00a0 The forced road clearing by villagers is continuing now.<\/p>\n

Photo 21 January 2004.<\/p>\n

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This woman, Naw Xx Xx, age 20 from Klay Soe Kee village, was forced by the Burma Army to clear the road from Naw Soe Burma Army camp to See Ka Der Camp on the Busakee road. She and other villagers were forced to start this work on 23 Dec 2004. She had to clear the road for two days and was\u00a0then allowed to go home. She is on call to go and clear the road again. This forced road clearing by the Burma Army is continuing now.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Photo: Jan 21 2005<\/p>\n

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Burma Army troops guarding porters as they walk through Kler Lah (Baw Gale Gyi), Toungoo District, Karen State, Burma. January 21, 2005.\u00a0 These troops are guarding porters that they have forced to carry loads.\u00a0 Forced portering continues and has now intensified as the Burma Army is re-supplying its camps along the Toungoo-Mawchi road and Toungoo-Kler Lah-Busakee road.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Photo: 21 Jan 2005.<\/p>\n

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