{"id":63741,"date":"2006-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2006\/06\/30\/burma-army-begins-new-attacks-in-nyaunglebin-and-toungoo-districts-karen-state\/"},"modified":"2006-06-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-30T00:00:00","slug":"burma-army-begins-new-attacks-in-nyaunglebin-and-toungoo-districts-karen-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/06\/30\/burma-army-begins-new-attacks-in-nyaunglebin-and-toungoo-districts-karen-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Burma Army Begins New Attacks in Nyaunglebin and Toungoo Districts, 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: Burma             Army Begins New Attacks in Nyaunglebin and Toungoo Districts, 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\">30 June, 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 width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"125\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"662\" height=\"125\">\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\">In This Report:<a name=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" height=\"137\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" height=\"137\" class=\"linkMenu\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#1\" class=\"linkMenu\"> In Mon Township, Nyaunglebin                 District the Burma Army has displaced more than 2,000 people from                 at least 28 villages in a new series of attacks. <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\" class=\"linkMenu\"> In Kyauk Kyi (Ler Doh) Township,                 Nyaunglebin District new Burma Operations have displaced hundreds                 of villagers. <\/a><\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"#3\" class=\"linkMenu\">In Toungoo District the Burma                 Army recently burned down two villages, captured 7 villagers,                 and has continued to demand forced labor while re-supplying their                 camps.<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/20060630_01.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"467\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">Child with only rice and chilis to eat after fleeing Burma   Army<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/06\/20060630_02.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"375\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">Children hiding in field house after fleeing Burma Army   attacks<\/span><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"35\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"35\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\">\n<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"title2\">Mon Township<\/span><i><a name=\"1\"><\/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\">. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><b> -Burma Army shoots at villager, and steals and destroys   property, displacing at least 28 communities as new operations begin in Mon   Township, Nyaunglebin District. June 30, 2006.<\/b><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The Burma Army is currently attacking and patrolling   in many areas of Mon Township, Nyaunglebin District. LIB 240 under MOC 16 is   attacking into the Kyauk Pia area and on 29 June fired mortars and machineguns   to chase villagers deeper into the jungle. Two villagers are now missing and   feared dead from these attacks.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Also, troops from Military Operations Command (MOC)   15 are now moving in the area and there is also one battalion, LIB 522, under   MOC 16, which has continued to operate in the northern part of Mon Township   along the Nyaunglebin \u0096 Toungoo District borders. This battalion was in the   village of Play Kee on June 27th, and is moving east towards northern Papun   (Muthraw District). At least 28 villages have already fled into hiding in the   jungle in the face of these new attacks, and the numbers could continue to rise.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> On June 24, 2006 at 18:00 Burma Army troops shot at   a Karen villager named Saw They Htoo who is from Hsaw Kah Der village in Mon   Township, Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State. Another villager, Saw Than   Aung, from Ka Pa Hta village was shot at on the same day. He was not hit, however   he dropped is basket and lost all of his belongings during the attack. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> These attacks are part of new operations being launched   into Mon Township from Muthey army camp which is located to the south of Mon   Township, in the eastern part of Kyauk Kyi (Ler Doh) township in Nyaunglebin   District. Due to these attacks, many people have again had to flee villages   that they were only able to return to little more than one month ago. There   are already 100 people from Hsaw Kee village who do not have any food left.   This group is going from village to village asking for rice. The surrounding   villages are also fleeing in the face of these attacks and so there is very   little rice to share.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> These operations began on June 23, 2006 when 200 men   from LIB 536, and LIB 352 which are both under MOC 15, left Muthey army camp   and moved to Kweh Kah Koh village. These troops stole any property they desired   as they passed through the villages. They also ate many animals, of which at   least seven pigs, and 32 chickens have been reported stolen by villagers. Troops   from MOC 15 also entered the villages of Ka Ba Hta and Ka Hsaw Kaw, where they   shot at villagers and destroyed and stole property.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The battalions involved are some of the same units   that were attacking villages in the area of Baw Gwaw village earlier this month.   It was thought that they would return to Kyauk Kyi town after moving back to   their camps along the Kyauk Kyi \u0096 Hsaw Hta road, but have since begun new operations   in Mon Township.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> In March and April Mon Township faced attacks from   Muthey army camp by troops from MOC 16. At the height of those attacks, more   than 5,000 people were displaced in Mon Township alone. Since that time, the   number of displaced people decreased by over half in Mon Township when Burma   Army troops returned to their camps. The number of people forced into hiding   could quickly rise back to more than 5,000 if villagers believe the Burma Army   is moving into the area of their villages.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The KNLA has attempted to provide security for the   people by warning the villagers of coming attacks and by engaging Burma Army   troops as they attack villages. This has given the local population more time   to flee, some security in their hiding places, and has managed to slow the attacks   down. On June 27, KNLA soldiers engaged the Burma Army in the village of Nwa   Hta. One Burma Army soldier was shot and killed in the attack, and two more   stepped on land mines. The KNLA reported no casualties. Despite this effort,   the Burma Army has not stopped.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> As of June 24th, 28 villages have again had to flee   in the face of these new operations. They are:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> 1. They Nwey kee village<br \/>  2. Wah Do Koh<br \/>  3. Hee Oo<br \/>  4. Klaw Kee<br \/>  5. Shay Po Kee<br \/>  6. Play Hsa Kee<br \/>  7. Dta Gwaw Bu<br \/>  8. Naw Law Dteh Bwa<br \/>  9. Ler Klah<br \/>  10. Mee Yeh Hta<br \/>  11. Maw Kee<br \/>  12. Baw Kweh deh<br \/>  13. Htee koh<br \/>  14. Ku Htee Kee<br \/>  15. Nwa Hta<br \/>  16. They Kweh Lu<br \/>  17. Nya Mu Kee<br \/>  18. Ka Ba Hta<br \/>  19. Hsaw Ber Kee<br \/>  20. Na Htee Po<br \/>  21. Ga Wah Po<br \/>  22. Theh Baw Der<br \/>  23. Dteh Na Hta<br \/>  24. Gwee Bleh Hta<br \/>  25. Hsaw Po Kee<br \/>  26. Nwa Lay Ko<\/span><br \/><span class=\"bodyCopy\">27. Ka Hsaw Kaw<br \/><\/span><span class=\"bodyCopy\">28. Hsaw Kee<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The Burma Army is planning to develop logging and jade   mining operations near the village of Muthey (the site of the above-mentioned   camp). They have invited International companies, as well as local companies   under two businessmen, Maung Khaing and Ma Nan, to begin logging and developing   jade and have requested an increase in Thai exports to Burma in return for these   rights. It is believed that part of the increased military operations surrounding   Muthey camp has been to ensure the Burma Army&#8217;s ability to profit from these   businesses.<\/span> <\/p>\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=\"35\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"35\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\">\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"title2\">Kyauk Kyi (Ler Doh)               township Update<\/span>:<\/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>\n<p><b><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> -Burma Army begins new operations in Kyauk Kyi (Ler   Doh) Township of Nyaunglebin District, Western Karen State.<\/span><\/b> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Burma Army LIB 601 and LIB 602 have begun new operations   in the Kwey Der village tract area, forcing all of the villagers in the area   to flee their homes. These two battalions, which are under MOC 21 and are based   at Kyauk Lo Gyi camp (Paw Wah Ta in Karen), moved into the area between the   Bawgata River (They Law Klo), the Shweygyin river (Kay Law Klo) and the Kaw   Law Klo on June 18. All of the villagers are from this area have been displaced,   and have been unable to return because of the continued presence of Burma Army   troops in the area.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> <\/span> <\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"35\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"35\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\">\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Toungoo District Update<\/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\"><b>-Burma Army burns villages and conducts forced labor   in Toungoo District, North Western Karen State. Update June 28, 2006<\/b><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> On June 15, 2006, LIB 567 and 568 destroyed 6 houses   in the village of Kwey Der, Southern Toungoo District, Karen State. They also   destroyed a valuable traditional Karen drum which belonged to a village woman   named Naw Doo. The next day, these same troops destroyed 18 houses in the village   of Ler Kla Der. That afternoon they continued to the Hu Mu Kla village where   they burned a number of homes as well. The exact number of homes and barns burned   there is not yet known.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> More recently, on June 26, 2006 the following 12 villages   were ordered to send villagers to Kler La to porter for the Burma Army. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> 1. Kler La<br \/>  2. Kaw They Der<br \/>  3. Kler Soe Kee<br \/>  4. Ler Koh<br \/>  5. Maw Pa Der<br \/>  6. Maw So Koh<br \/>  7. Wah Tho Koh<br \/>  8. Der Doh<br \/>  9. Pah Kaw Der<br \/>  10. Maw Po Der<br \/>  11. Ga Mu Der<br \/>  12. Koh Kler Der<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The same day, June 26, Burma Army LIB 108, which is   under Division 66, also captured two villagers from Ka Tho Kee, two villagers   from Thay Mu Der, and three villagers from Kaw They Der village. These villagers   were all making a trip to Kler La to purchase goods when they were captured.   It is not yet known why these villagers were captured, or where they were taken.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> On June 27, troops under Burma Army MOC 15 forced three   villagers from Ka Mu Lo village to guide them close to See Daw Ko village (N.   18 41&#8242; 48.2&#8243; E. 096 50&#8242; 39&#8243;). <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> On June 15, 2006 villagers from Play Hsa Lo were forced   to begin building a fence around the Burma Army camp located near the village.   The Burma Army units which ordered this work are from TOC 2 under MOC 16. As   of June 23, the fence was not yet completed.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> On June 18, 2006 villagers from the areas surrounding   Kler La and Kaw They Der villages were ordered to meet in Kler La. The next   day, these villages were taken to Bu Sa Hkee village, where they were ordered   to begin clearing land for a new forced relocation site. According to reports   from the area, the Burma Army plans to force more than 70 families onto this   site as soon as the land is cleared.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> On June 9, 2006 we reported about villagers who were   forced to pay the Burma Army to build homes in the rice fields of other villagers.   The villagers have now been forced to destroy the homes they built and move   to a new area. None of the 15,000 kyat that they had to pay in order to stay   there was returned to them. They were forced to leave the area by Burma Army   LIB 590 and 599, which are both under the Southern Command. This is the same   Command that includes LIB 439, the battalion that originally forced the villagers   to move to the field and then left with the villagers&#8217; money, as well as LIB   351, the battalion that replaced LIB 439. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"bodyCopy\">ENDS<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar post=eval({\"id\":63741,\"title\":\"Burma Army Begins New Attacks in Nyaunglebin and Toungoo Districts, Karen State\",\"subject\":\"FBR: Burma Army Begins New Attacks in Nyaunglebin and Toungoo Districts, Karen State\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: Burma Army Begins New Attacks in Nyaunglebin and Toungoo Districts, Karen State Karen State, Burma 30 June, 2006 \u00a0 \u00a0 In This Report: \u00a0 In Mon Township, Nyaunglebin District the Burma Army has displaced more than 2,000 people &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/06\/30\/burma-army-begins-new-attacks-in-nyaunglebin-and-toungoo-districts-karen-state\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63741","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\/63741","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=63741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}