{"id":63569,"date":"2005-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2005\/10\/15\/fbr-relief-team-report-25-may-15-june-2005\/"},"modified":"2005-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-15T00:00:00","slug":"fbr-relief-team-report-25-may-15-june-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2005\/10\/15\/fbr-relief-team-report-25-may-15-june-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"FBR Relief Team Report 25 May &#8211; 15 June 2005"},"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: Karen             IDPs Killed by Burma Army Soldiers<br \/><\/span><span class=\"title2\">Villagers testify to use of torture and             theft by junta<\/span> <span class=\"title1\"> <\/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\">14 October, 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=\"90%\" border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#FFFFFF\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0 <\/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\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"660\">\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=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" height=\"85\" class=\"linkMenu\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#1\" class=\"linkMenu\">Summary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\" class=\"linkMenu\">Background<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#3\" class=\"linkMenu\">Human Rights Violations<\/a> <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#4\" class=\"linkMenu\">Activities of SPDC (Burma Army)                 troops.<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p> (Note: Many names in this report have been withheld for the security <br \/>  of those interviewed. The names are on record.) <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">1) Summary: <\/span><a name=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\">This is the report from a Free Burma Rangers (FBR) team from Toungoo <br \/>District, Northern Karen State, Burma. From 25 May &#8211; 15 June 2005, <br \/>they visited villages, schools, gave medical treatment, prayed for the <br \/>Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and conducted research. <\/p>\n<p> This report includes reports on the murder of villagers by Burma Army <br \/>  troops. It also includes recent attacks against civilians including; <br \/>  torture, beating, stolen property, destruction of villages and land <br \/>  confiscation. All of these human rights violations are ongoing. <\/p>\n<p> Team members on the mission included a team leader, videographer, <br \/>  photographer, reporter and medic. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"title2\">2) Background: <\/span><a name=\"2\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\">Most of the villagers that the team visited were under the control of <br \/>the Burma Army and they have to face daily oppression. One very <br \/>important issue for IDPs in this area is health. The team saw many <br \/>sick villagers. <\/p>\n<p> A second issue is food and a third is education. Some of the villagers <br \/>  only have one plate of rice per day. Other families with six or seven <br \/>  members have only three plates of rice per day. <\/p>\n<p> Education provision is piecemeal resulting in most teenagers being <br \/>  illiterate. The children want to study but education in the context of <br \/>  continual displacement is virtually impossible. The solution for the <br \/>  IDPs is freedom. <\/p>\n<p> The team visited several villages and provided medical treatment. The <br \/>  report below gives detailed accounts of the suffering of the people as <br \/>  well as a general update of the situation. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">3) Human Rights Violations <\/span><a name=\"3\"><\/a><br \/><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><br \/>The team interviewed villagers about human right violations. The face <br \/>to face time with the villagers gave the team a real sense of what the <br \/>villagers were experiencing and feeling. <\/p>\n<p> A general practice in this area is the necessity of purchasing a <br \/>  travel pass from the Burma Army for villagers who are under their <br \/>  control in order for them to go to their farms or out of their village <br \/>  area. Villagers who the team met have been hiding in the jungle. They need shelter   and peace. They have <br \/>  homes and a village but they can&#8217;t return to them out of fear that the <br \/>  Burma Army could attack at any time. It is very difficult for these <br \/>  people, mostly farmers, to earn a living. The FBR team brought them <br \/>  assistance. <\/p>\n<p> The following are the accounts of human rights abuses recorded by the FBR   team: <\/p>\n<p> 6 July: Murder and Arrest of villagers <br \/>  At 4 p.m. a combined troop of\u00a0 Burma Army Infantry Battalions <br \/>  26,30,439,60,48 arrested a villager from XXX Village at 4:00 pm in the <br \/>  morning and arrested a villager, Saw Maung Ai Noe, to go with them as <br \/>  a guide to XX X Village. When they arrived at XX X Village they killed <br \/>  Saw Maung Ai Noe at 9:45 pm and they continued walking. When they <br \/>  arrived at road they met with a Lay Tee Toe villager who was trading <br \/>  and they killed him also. <\/p>\n<p> 8 July: Arrest of Villagers <br \/>  The same troop arrived at X XX Village and arrested seven villagers. <br \/>  The men arrested ranged in age from 23 to 60 years old, and one <br \/>  35-year old man from XX Village. <\/p>\n<p> 11 July: Murder, torture and beating of villager <br \/>  Saw Lah Moo from XX Village was forced to go with the Burma Army <br \/>  patrol.\u00a0 On this day they beat, tortured and molested him, finally <br \/>  killing him on the bridge. <\/p>\n<p> 6-11 July; Murder of villagers <br \/>  During the first days of the Burma Army patrol, they killed three <br \/>  villagers and tortured seven villagers from XXX. The relief team <br \/>  interviewed the tortured villagers. The Burma Army troops tortured two other   villagers of XX X and one of them had to go to Toungoo hospital. Two village   head man were arrested from a different village. The Burma Army troops forced   another two men to go with their patrol. On the way, these two men were beaten   and tortured. One of the villagers escaped and the other one had to go to Toungoo   hospital. <\/p>\n<p> Stolen Property: Animals and Rice <br \/>  A Burma Army guerrilla force, commanded by WinWin Oo, with Da Toe Aung <br \/>  as second in command continue to make demands, loot the villagers&#8217; <br \/>  chickens, pigs, ducks and rice whenever they enter a village. The <br \/>  troops often restrict villagers from going to get water. <\/p>\n<p> Oppression <br \/>  The villagers in this area also reported that when the Burma Army <br \/>  troops are in the village, they must speak Burmese and are not allowed <br \/>  to speak Karen. If anyone speaks Karen, the troops punish them and <br \/>  beat them. Even the children are not allowed to speak Karen. <\/p>\n<p> Destroyed Villages <br \/>  The Burma Army has a plan to build dams at Pa Na Wah Soe and Chip Soe. <br \/>  Many villages will be damaged by the construction of the dam, <br \/>  including;\u00a0 Wah Loe, Soe Loe, Yo Tae Tha Yae Pay, Tha Pa Kyaw, Naw K&#8217; <br \/>  Maw, Tha Tay Ko, Tha Lay Loe, Nyaw Pay, and Thay Kee Kla. Almost ten <br \/>  villages and adjoining fields will be destroyed after the dam is <br \/>  built, so the villagers are worried about their future. <\/p>\n<p> 22 July; Destroyed Farm <br \/>  In Taw Ta Tu Township, Kler La area, the Burma Army troops destroyed <br \/>  the villagers&#8217; paddy fields and burnt down their field huts. <\/p>\n<p> Stolen Property: Chicken and Rice <br \/>  Burma Army IB 35 arrived in Kaw Poe Loe Village and took a villager&#8217;s <br \/>  two chickens and some of his rice. They were patrolling around in this <br \/>  area for a week and then went back to their camp. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"title2\">4) Burma Army Activities <\/span><a name=\"4\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\">On 4 May 2005, Burma Army Division 66 was patrolling in Toungoo <br \/>District area with around 1,500 troops and three tactical commands. <br \/>They are; <\/p>\n<p> (1)\u00a0\u00a0 Tactical command, control by\u00a0 General Soe Win Oo <br \/>  (2)\u00a0\u00a0 Tactical command, control by General Line Twin <br \/>  (3)\u00a0\u00a0 Tactical command, control by General Tin Aung <\/p>\n<p> The Infantry Battalions who are with the troops patrolling are; <\/p>\n<p> (1)\u00a0\u00a0 IB &#8212;- (number unknown), Battalion commander (Aung Min) <br \/>  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Second Battalion commander   (Thoung Mya Oo) <\/p>\n<p> (2)\u00a0\u00a0 IB 4, Battalion commander (Aung Kyaw) <br \/>  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Second battalion commander   (Ko Ko Aung) <\/p>\n<p> (3)\u00a0\u00a0 IB 6, Battalion commander (Aung Soe Win) <br \/>  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Second battalion commander   (Ain Lwin) <\/p>\n<p> (4)\u00a0\u00a0 IB 8, Battalion commander (Aung Thu) <br \/>  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Second battalion commander (Kyaw Thu) <\/p>\n<p> (5)\u00a0\u00a0 IB 10, Battalion commander (Win Zaw Oo) <br \/>  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Second battalion commander (Thein Toe) <\/p>\n<p> (6)\u00a0\u00a0 IB 14, Battalion commander (Nay Myo Aung) <br \/>  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Second battalion commander (Yain Min Thu) <\/p>\n<p> (7)\u00a0\u00a0 IB 11, Battalion commander (Tha Zaw) <br \/>  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Second battalion commander (Min Soe Aung) <\/p>\n<p> (8)\u00a0\u00a0 IB 35, Battalion commander (Maung Zaw) <br \/>  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Second battalion commander (Tha Toe Oo) <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> (9)\u00a0\u00a0 IB 108, Battalion commander (Aung Kyaw   Oo) <br \/>  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Second battalion commander (Thein Zaw) <br \/><\/span><br \/>  ENDS <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar post=eval({\"id\":63569,\"title\":\"FBR Relief Team Report 25 May &#8211; 15 June 2005\",\"subject\":\"FBR: FBR Relief Team Report 25 May &#8211; 15 June 2005\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: Karen IDPs Killed by Burma Army SoldiersVillagers testify to use of torture and theft by junta Karen State, Burma 14 October, 2005 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 KEY DEVELOPMENTS \u00a0 Summary Background Human Rights Violations Activities of SPDC (Burma Army) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2005\/10\/15\/fbr-relief-team-report-25-may-15-june-2005\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports","state-karen2-tantabin","state-karen","state-magwe"],"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\/63569","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=63569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}