{"id":63754,"date":"2006-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2006\/07\/31\/arakan-fbr-relief-team-mission-trip-to-arakan-idp-area\/"},"modified":"2006-07-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-31T00:00:00","slug":"arakan-fbr-relief-team-mission-trip-to-arakan-idp-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/07\/31\/arakan-fbr-relief-team-mission-trip-to-arakan-idp-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Arakan FBR Relief Team Mission Trip to Arakan IDP Area"},"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: Report             of Arakan FBR Relief Team Mission Trip to Arakan IDP Area<\/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\">31 July, 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\">\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\">\n<p>In This Report:<a name=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/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\"><a href=\"#1\">Report Summary<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#2\">Activities of the SPDC<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#3\">Health and Education<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#4\">Interviews with two Arakan Villagers<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#5\">Letter from Arakan Relief Team                 Leader<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Report Summary<a name=\"1\"><\/a>:<\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">The mission was conducted to learn about the situation   of Arakanese IDPs and the condition of Arakan people under the military regime.   <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Our Arakan FBR relief team works to investigate human   rights violations and provide relief to IDPs in Arakan State . In the Arakan   area there are many people abused by the military regime and forced to flee   due to this abuse and the attacks by the regime&#8217;s army. Villagers are being   forced to carry ammunition, rations and other supplies in support of the regime&#8217;s   military operations. Violations of human rights by the military dictatorship   include forced labor, the destruction and looting of villagers&#8217; belongings,   extrajudicial killings, sexual abuse, demands for money, food, livestock, and   other materials. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">We are helping IDPs with medicine, money for rice, and   educational supplies for school children. We give counseling and pray for all   of the people for peace for the people of Indo-Burma border and Bangladesh and   Burma border. We pray for happiness and held festival for IDPs. We had vigil   in a church with Arakanese IDP students, Free Burma Ranger relief team members   and other people for the tragic events happening to Karen IDPs. Our Arakan relief   team made a decision that we will help others learn about violations of human   rights inside Burma. Our decision included co-operating with other social and   religion organization to update news and to promote justice, equal rights and   peace for all the people of Burma.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/20060731_02.jpg\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">Arakan FBR team providing medical treatment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/20060731_03.jpg\" width=\"601\" height=\"480\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">Arakan FBR team member interviews villagers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/20060731_04.jpg\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">Arakan villagers in temporary housing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"30\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"30\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><span class=\"title2\">Activities of the SPDC<\/span><i>             <a name=\"2\"><\/a> <\/i><\/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 class=\"title2\">Forced Labor and Land Acquisition <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">The military regime created a forced labor law, Article   1\/99 (March 1999, October 2000), which states that forced labor is outlawed   throughout Burma. They are ignoring their own law in Arakan State. In Palawa   Township, a new Burma Army LIB, No. 289, created in 2004, recently issued an   order to the villages of Nharmatar, Mondawn, Loundkadu, Palawa, Ruwa, Kethar,   Panetapan, Jalay, Chindawn, Nupu, and Kuwa to each send 20 forced laborers every   day to the local Burma Army camp. The people were forced to bake brick, clean   the camp, make fences, and build a temporary building and do general work in   the camp. The age of the laborers must be between 15 and 40 years. Each person   was forced to bring rations and firewood for three days. They also had to bring   tools like hoes, pickaxes, and knives to use during their work. The Army is   continually demanding pigs, chickens, rice and other supplies by force. And   the Army uses force labor to carry ammunition, ration, and others.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">In the Kyauk Taw Township, LIB No 539 was shifted from   Tharaoke village to Kansouth village, so many similar abuses are occurring there.   The villages of Thainshawn, Kharumor, Pranyanwa, Nasarichawn, Lakue, Taywa,   Mainsonkhu, Kanpi, Kha Maung, Thaluchawn, Chinmawandown, Lamutapin have been   forced to send laborers. Each village must send firewood to bake bricks for   the construction of the Burma Army camp. Each piece of wood must be 18 inches   wide and 64 inches long. Each village has to send 800 pieces a year. The Burma   Army also uses forced labor to repair and construct base camps and temporary   camps. In February 2006, The Arakan Liberation Army burned a Twepen Burma Army   camp, a temporary military camp. The Burma Army then came to the nearby village   and accused of the villagers of being rebels. The Burma Army demanded 80,000   Kyat as compensation. The villagers were then forced to re-build the camp.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Villagers throughout Arakan State have been forced to   plant castor seeds, groundnuts and onions which have been sold to them by the   Military Regime at high prices. Villagers have been unable to profit from these   crops and would rather plant rice paddy. Larger areas of farmland have also   been annexed by the Burma Army for fisheries and agricultural products which   benefit the military, as well as for land on which to build new camps.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">In Poutdaw Township, approximately 180 square kilometers   was annexed by LIB No. 344, 200 square kilometers was annexed by LIB No. 374,   80 square kilometers by the Air force and 150 square kilometers by the Police   department for the construction of a fishery lake. One man, Oo Maung, was forced   to shift his family from his own residence in order to make room for the residence   of Burma Army officer. When Oo Maung went to his house to ask for compensation,   the officer&#8217;s bodyguard beat him. Many people were forced to labor during the   digging of the fishery lake, from Kyauk Taw and Sittwe Township. Land owners   have not yet received any compensation.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Taxation<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">The Burma Army continues to demand money, pork, chicken,   wood and bamboo from villages. They are still collecting taxes from checkpoints.   Some battalions are forcing farmers to sell rice to them for less than half   of the current market price. These abuses are occurring unnoticed by the outside   world because of the lack media freedom and because the regime controls the   country by the gun.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodyCopy\">The Burma Army in the area of the Pikoutchawn bridge has been   demanding a tax from local boat operators: 200 Kyat for a small boat, 500 Kyat   for a big boat and 1,000 Kyat for a motorboat. One villagers&#8217; boat license was   confiscated when he could not pay the tax and he then had to pay a 15,000 Kyat   fine to get his license back. One family from Arpoutwa villages was also been   forced to pay the forestry department 5,000 Kyat to build a new home. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Because it is becoming so difficult to live under these   conditions, many villagers, especially young people, are leaving their homeland.<\/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=\"33\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"33\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><span class=\"title2\">Health and Education<\/span><i>             <a name=\"2\"><\/a> <\/i><\/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 class=\"title2\">Health <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">IDPs and people in the Arakan border areas suffer from   very poor health. Many people suffer from malaria, pneumonia, and other treatable   diseases. There is no access to medical care for these people, so the people   are very happy when our team comes to provide medicine. There is one clinic   in the area, however they have been recently unable to provide treatment because   they have run out of funds with which to purchase medicine. <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Education for Children <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">In Arakan State of Burma there are thousands of Arakanese   children who have no way to get an education because most of the rural areas   do not have an education system. This is especially in the border areas.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\" height=\"33\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"33\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><span class=\"title2\">Interviews with two Arakan Villagers<\/span><i>             <a name=\"2\"><\/a> <\/i><\/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\">Name : : **** ****<br \/>  Age : : 42<br \/>  Brother and Sister: : 5<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Place of Birth : : Whe Ku village, <\/span><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Palawa   Township,<\/span><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Arakan State of Burma<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Occupation : : Highland farmer<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Religion : : Buddhist<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Nationality : : Khumi<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Children : : 7<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Son : : 3<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Daughter : : 4<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Name of father : : ** *** ( Age 63)<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Name of mother: : **** ** ( Age 60)<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">&#8220;In Feburary, 2006, the Palawa Township leader, Kyaw   Zaya ordered a meeting where villagers were told to begin the construction of   the new Arpound Thar road. The road was is to be part of the national highway   system. One person from each household was to be sent as forced labor on this   construction project. Family members from families that do not send someone   to work would be arrested. Every laborer was forced to bring rations, and other   tools to be used during construction. The laborers were also forced to sleep   at the work site. The Regime had said it would provide 16,000,000 Kyat for the   construction of the highway, however none of that money has been provided. The   road is to be 14 feet wide and the villagers must complete a distance of 30   miles. Villagers have not received any compensation and were even forced to   work on May Day, a national holiday.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">&#8220;The local authorities of Palawa Township were also   to provide a pipeline to supply drinking water. Villagers were demanded to pay   1,000 Kyat to 10,000 Kyat from each house for the water supply pipeline.&#8221;<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Name : : Thar *** **<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Age : : 24<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Nationality : : Chin<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Religion : : Buddhist<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Name of Father : : Thar *** **<br \/><\/span> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Place of Birth: : Scin San village, Palawa Township,   Arakan State of Burma<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">**** *** ** is living in Scin San village, Palawa Township,   Arakan State of Burma. **** *** ** said that in Palawa Township LIB No 289 issued   order to the villages of Nharmater, Mondawn, Tensixe, Loundkadu, Kanwa, Palawa,   Ruwa, Kethar village, Panetapan, Jalay, Chindawn, Nupu and Kuwa to send 20 forced   laborers each day. The interviewee said that he must go once a month to provide   forced labor for two days at the local Burma Army camp. They are ordered to   bake bricks till, to build temporary buildings, fencing, clear the compound,   fetch water, chop firewood and do other general work in the Army camp. When   they go, they must bring their own food, firewood, knife, hoe and other tools.   They sometimes have to stay for more than two days. The present LIB No. 289   commanding officer&#8217;s name is Kyaw Man and second duty officer name is Kyaw Twe.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">**** *** ** said that they work from 6 am to 11 am and   1 pm to 4 pm every day. He also said that he and the other farmers in his areas   must give between 1,500 Kyat and 5,000 Kyat to the forest department, Survey   department and Army when they demand payment.<\/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=\"33\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"706\" class=\"bodyCopy\" height=\"33\">\n<table width=\"99%\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td width=\"82%\"><span class=\"title2\">Letter from Arakan Relief Team             Leader<\/span><i> <a name=\"2\"><\/a> <\/i><\/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\">Our Free Burma Ranger Arakan Relief Team is helping   the Arakanese Internally Displaced Persons by means of medicines, medical treatments,   food, money for school children, counseling etc. We get together and pray to   God for peace, justice, freedom and human rights. Our Arakan Free Burma Ranger   Team members are working hard in Arakan State. By the grace of God all of our   team members are interested in relief work. We are very sad indeed when we see   and listen to the sounds of our suffering people. The people warmly welcome   our team and they recognize us as their own family. I am also very happy and   satisfied to help them and I saw our team members and the people are being loved   and enjoy their time together.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Thank You,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Your Sincerely,<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Arakan Relief Team Leader<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodyCopy\">ENDS<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 <\/p>\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar post=eval({\"id\":63754,\"title\":\"Arakan FBR Relief Team Mission Trip to Arakan IDP Area\",\"subject\":\"FBR: Arakan FBR Relief Team Mission Trip to Arakan IDP Area\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: Report of Arakan FBR Relief Team Mission Trip to Arakan IDP Area Karen State, Burma 31 July, 2006 \u00a0 \u00a0 In This Report: \u00a0 Report Summary Activities of the SPDC Health and Education Interviews with two Arakan Villagers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/07\/31\/arakan-fbr-relief-team-mission-trip-to-arakan-idp-area\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","state-arakan","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\/63754","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=63754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}