{"id":63664,"date":"2006-05-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-05-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2006\/05\/02\/total-number-of-idps-now-in-karen-state-is-over-13-000-people\/"},"modified":"2006-05-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-05-02T00:00:00","slug":"total-number-of-idps-now-in-karen-state-is-over-13-000-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/05\/02\/total-number-of-idps-now-in-karen-state-is-over-13-000-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Total number of IDPs now in Karen State is over 13,000 people"},"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: Total             Number of IDPs Now in Karen State is Over 13,000 People<a name=\"0\"><\/a>             <\/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\">2 May, 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 bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" width=\"1\" height=\"75\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"703\" height=\"75\">\n<table bordercolorlight=\"#b7c494\" bordercolordark=\"#333333\" border=\"0\" bordercolor=\"#003333\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"1%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td class=\"title2\" width=\"99%\">In This Report:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\" width=\"1%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"99%\">\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#1\">Update of Burma Army Activities                 in Mon Township, Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State<\/a><\/span><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"linkMenu\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/font>In Mon Township, a new group of Burma Army soldiers                 leaves to attack villagers from their camp at Muthey. Villagers                 are beaten and fined for suspected collaboration with KNU. \u00a0Over                 5,000 IDPs total in Mon Township, Nyaunglebin District.<\/span><\/span>               <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"linkMenu\"><span class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#2\">Update                 on situation in Hsaw Htee Township, Nyaunglebin District, Western                 Karen State<\/a><\/span><br \/>                Burma Army relocates villagers, conducts forced labor, and destroys                 villagers\u0092 property in Hsaw Hti Township, Nyaunglebin District.<span>\u00a0                 <\/span>4000 displaced in\u00a0 Hsaw Hti, Townships, Nyaungleben District.1,000                 villagers displaced in Ler Doh,Township, Nyanunglebin District.                 The total number of villagers displaced for these two townships                 is 5,000 people. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#3\">Update to situation in Toungoo                 District, Northwestern Karen State<\/a><br \/>                Burma Army soldiers in Toungoo District shoot a 35 year old villager                 and threaten to shoot anyone found outside their village. Over                 2,000 IDPs total.<\/span> <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#4\">Update to situation in Muthraw                 District, Northern Karen State<\/a><\/span><span class=\"linkMenu\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><br \/>                In Muthraw District, Burma Army burns 8 houses in Htakotobaw Village\u00a0on                 27 April 2006 and villagers hide in jungle for two days. Villagers                 flee again on 2 May in fear of further attacks by nearby Burma                 Army troops.\u00a0 Over 100 villagers in hiding and over 800 prepared                 to flee.<\/span><\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0 <b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"268\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/20060502_1300IDPs_01.jpg\" v:shapes=\"_x0000_i1025\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"246\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/20060502_1300IDPs_03.jpg\" v:shapes=\"_x0000_i1026\"><br \/><\/b><span class=\"caption\">Villagers flee their homes in Toungoo District<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"247\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/05\/20060502_1300IDPs_05.jpg\" v:shapes=\"_x0000_i1027\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">Villagers in hide-site Toungoo District 21, April 2006<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"31\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"31\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><font size=\"3\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial\" class=\"title2\">Update of Burma Army activities in Mon Township,             Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State. May 2, 2006<\/span><\/font><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>In Mon Township, Burma Army infantry battalions (IB) 241 and 242 left the Burma   Army camp of Muthey on Monday, May 1st<sup><\/sup>2006, and began to follow   the same route earlier used by two waves of Burma Army troops in late March   and late April, as they attacked villagers, burned homes, and destroyed rice   and other belongings.\u00a0 Upon reaching the village of Naw Law Teh Bwa, a   small group KNLA resistance soldiers slowed their progress.\u00a0 The Burma   Army troops have not moved on, but continue to patrol the immediate area.\u00a0   It is believed that these troops are making their way to the villages of Tee   Ko and Nwachi, both of which have already been abandoned as villagers flee these   attacks.\u00a0 There are now over 4,500 villagers (IDPs) in Mon Township alone,   who have fled their homes as Burma Army troops continue to conduct new attacks   throughout the area.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>-On 27 April, LIB 599 under Maj. Yan Naung ordered officer Than Tung and Corporal   Yeh Ming from Kyun Ping Seik army camp to go to the following villagers and   capture the following people:<\/p>\n<p>Kaung Ni village \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Saw Maw Tay<\/p>\n<p>Way Sweh village\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Naw Weh and Saw Solomon<\/p>\n<p>Nga Pyaw Daw village\u00a0 Naw Takaw Paw, Saw Beh Do Ba and Saw Bleh Blaw Wah.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>-On 28 April <\/p>\n<p>**** village\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Saw Bwe Moo<\/p>\n<p>Kaung Ni village\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   Naw Kris Heh, Saw Nay Kyet Htoo<\/p>\n<p>All of these villagers were taken to Kyun Ping Seik camp and accused of having   contact with the KNU.\u00a0 The villagers were beaten in the back, and the head.\u00a0   On 30 April, they demanded 250,000 kyat from these villages and released all   of them except Saw Maw Tay.<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"31\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"31\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><span class=\"title2\">Update on situation in Hsaw Htee             Township, Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State. May 2 2006<i><\/i><\/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><b>The number of IDPs now in Hsaw Htee Township is over 4,000 people, bringing   the total number of IDPs in Nyaunglebin District to over 9,000.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>-On 24 April, LIB 230, which is under MOC 21, threw 50 baskets of Karen villagers\u0092   paddy rice into a river.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>-On 25 April, the SPDC forced Ler Sah Kwee village to move to Ywa Myo.\u00a0   Also, LIB 387 captured around 300 villagers who live in villages along the Shwegyin   River up to the village of Ler Sah Kwee in order to use them as porters.<\/p>\n<p>IB 223 and IB 56 have begun new operations in the Htee Bla area of Nyaunglebin   District.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>-There is currently one Burma Army Tactical Operations Command (over 300 men)   based at Wah Ko Law Teh. <\/p>\n<p>-People from the Shwegyin area, who are farming in the Hsee Moo Hta, are being   forced to give 2,000 kyat per month to the SPDC.\u00a0 There are also now 10   checkpoints along the river, and 7 on the land between Shwegyin and Hsee Moo   Hta, and these same villagers must pay 200 kyat at every checkpoint they pass   in order to be allowed through.<\/p>\n<p>-The Burma Army is now building a rice warehouse that will be big enough to   store rice for 10,000 men at Hto Day.\u00a0 Hto Day is close to Kyauk Pyat.\u00a0   Villagers have been forced to work on this project, and any villager that does   not come to help must hire someone to take their place.\u00a0 This costs them   at least 2,500 kyat.<\/p>\n<p>-The Burma Army has warned villagers that anybody known to have contact with   the Karen National Union (KNU) will be executed the day they discover this information.<\/p>\n<p>-The <i>Olympic <\/i>company, a Korean and Chinese cooperative, are building   a dam on the Shwegyin river.\u00a0 They have already completed laying the dam   foundations along the banks of the river, but have not yet begun dam construction   across the river.\u00a0 Civilian fields and plantations along the river have   been destroyed without compensation during the construction.\u00a0 No villagers   are allowed near the site of dam construction.\u00a0 The Burma Army camp located   at the site is armed with one large gun.\u00a0 The Burma Army has warned civilians   that if the KNU attempts to disrupt the construction of the Dam, the entire   population of Karen villagers in the surrounding area will be cleared out.\u00a0   Villagers in the area have not been able to work on their farms.<\/p>\n<p>The number of new IDPs now in hiding in Nyaunglebin District is over 10,000\u00a0 <\/p>\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=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"83%\"><span class=\"title2\">Update to situation in Toungoo             District, Northwestern Karen State. May 2, 2006.<\/span><i><a name=\"3\"><\/a>             <\/i><\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><a href=\"#0\" class=\"bodyCopy\">^ top <\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"4%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>On April 28, 2006 at 3:15 pm, soldiers from LIB 801 shot at villagers from   Kaw Thay Der, hitting one 35 year old man in the arm.\u00a0 Saw Mya Ler\u0092s arm   was broken when he was shot by the Burma Army as he was working in his betel   nut grove near his village.\u00a0 After shooting at them, the Burma Army troops   entered the village and told villagers that anyone found outside the village   would be considered an enemy and shot.<\/p>\n<p>LIB 801 is under the command of Battalion Commander Aung Kyaw Oo, and second   in command Maj. Nay Myo Aung.\u00a0 It is within Burma Army Division 66.<\/p>\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=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"83%\">\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Update to situation in Muthraw District, Northern               Karen State. May 2, 2006.<\/span><i><a name=\"4\"><\/a> <\/i><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"12%\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"4%\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>On 27 April 2006, Burma Army LIB 361\u00a0burned\u00a08 houses down\u00a0in   Htakotobaw Village, Muthraw District, Northern Karen State.\u00a0 The villagers   fled into the jungle and stayed in hiding for two days before returning to their   village on 30 April 2006. On 1 May, the Htakotobaw villagers heard that\u00a0Burma   Army patrols were in the area again. On 2 May, the villagers fled their village   and are in now hiding. <\/p>\n<p><font size=\"3\" face=\"Arial\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">ENDS <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar post=eval({\"id\":63664,\"title\":\"Total number of IDPs now in Karen State is over 13,000 people\",\"subject\":\"FBR: Total number of IDPs now in Karen State is over 13,000 people\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: Total Number of IDPs Now in Karen State is Over 13,000 People Karen State, Burma 2 May, 2006 \u00a0 \u00a0 In This Report: \u00a0 Update of Burma Army Activities in Mon Township, Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen StateIn Mon &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/05\/02\/total-number-of-idps-now-in-karen-state-is-over-13-000-people\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","state-karen3-nyaunglebin","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\/63664","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=63664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}