{"id":63776,"date":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2006\/09\/01\/feudalism-narcotics-and-an-uncertain-future-for-children\/"},"modified":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-01T00:00:00","slug":"feudalism-narcotics-and-an-uncertain-future-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/09\/01\/feudalism-narcotics-and-an-uncertain-future-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Feudalism, Narcotics and an Uncertain Future for Children"},"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: Feudalism,             Narcotics and an Uncertain Future for Children<br \/><span class=\"title2\">Shan FBR Mission to the Ho Mong Area of Shan             State<\/span> <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"greytext\">Shan State, Burma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\" class=\"greytext\">1 September, 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=\"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><a href=\"#2\" class=\"linkMenu\">Feudalism<\/a><i><\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#3\" class=\"linkMenu\">Narcotics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#4\" class=\"linkMenu\">Relief Team Activities: Medical                 and Good Life<\/a> <\/li>\n<li>\n<p> <a href=\"#5\" class=\"linkMenu\">Reports of Rape and Murder<\/a>              <\/p>\n<\/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\">\u00a0This   report covers a relief mission to the Ho Mong area of Southeastern Shan State,   Burma. August 2006. (On this mission two Partners team members accompanied the   FBR teams and helped with the Good Life Club children&#8217;s program as well as providing   training for team counselors.) <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/20060901_01.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" alt=\"1\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">This gate is guarded by the Burma Army (note soldier in   the foreground). <br \/>  The sign above the gate says, \u0091Ho Mong Area Development Group\u0092. Photo: 26 Aug.   2006 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/20060901_02.jpg\" alt=\"2\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">Dental Care given to Shan IDPs by FBR relief teams. Photo:   26 Aug. 2006 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/20060901_03.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" alt=\"3\"><br \/><span class=\"caption\">Burma Army patrol near Ho Mong. Photo: 26 Aug. 2006 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/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=\"89%\"><span class=\"title2\">Feudalism<i><\/i><i> <\/i><\/span><i><a name=\"2\"><\/a>             <\/i><\/td>\n<td width=\"5%\"><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\">The area of Ho Mong is just west of the Thai border   and Mae Hong Son Province. It is in a valley just inside the Shan State, Burma,   and is north of Mae Hong Son town, Mae Hong Son Province, Thailand. (Ho Mong:   Lat\/Long: N 19 45 30 E 097 59 00.)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The people of the Ho Mong area live under the oppression   of both the Burma Army and their local proxy the Southern Shan State Army (SSS).   The SSS are led by Maha Ja, a Wa warlord who controls 300-500 troops and who   has been given partial authority over this area by the Burma Army. The SSS is   also involved with the Burma Army in narcotics trafficking in the Ho Mong area.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The living situation for the people is feudal with   the people able to make a bare living but under the domination of the Burma   Army and SSS they have no real control over their lives. Please see excerpts   of two cases of abuse, rape and murder that occurred in this area at the bottom   of this report. These are from two reports we have sent out earlier. (*Note   the Southern Shan State Army (SSS) is a proxy army under the control of the   Burma Army while the Shan State Army (SSA) is a pro-democracy resistance organization.).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">The people of Ho Mong seem to have accepted the feudal   system they live under. They do not like it but they can survive and it is too   dangerous to try to change it without help.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The valley is fertile and there is enough food. The   Burma Army controls all commerce and forces people to grow Castor plants for   oil. (This is a Burma wide program that is forced on the population.) The Burma   Army and SSS tax all goods. For example, each truck is taxed B.1, 000 per year   and each cow B.1, 200. The Burma Army and SSS control the roads. The main road   from Ho Mong to the Thai border at Na Mong Long is useable all year. There are   5 major Burma Army camps and three SSS camps in this immediate area. Schooling   is very poor with teachers charging &#8216;extra fees&#8217; for children to attend school   yet regularly not showing up to teach. As a result many children who are close   enough walk across the border to attend schools.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title2\"> Young people and girls at risk: <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\">The scourge of narcotics is not only exported out of   this area but the people here suffer as well. Many young people use amphetamines   as they are readily available and because there is no real felt hope for a future.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Young women and girls are especially at risk and some   are trafficked into Thailand to work in the sex industry. We met a young girl   whose parents have both died of AIDS, with her mother dying only two months   ago. She is a sad little girl with a uncertain future. (Note: the Shan FBR team   is trying to help this particular child and will try to make it possible for   her to go an orphanage at a Shan (SSA) base.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title2\"> History: <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\">The area of Ho Mong has seen many masters; in recent   history most of them have been bad. In the Eighties the Drug lord Khun Sa of   the Mong Tai Army (MTA) controlled one of the world&#8217;s largest narcotics armies.   In spite of an army supported by drugs, Khun Sa enjoyed some local support as   he was seen as the most effective counter to the Burma Army in the Shan State.   Many of the people who now live in Ho Mong fled oppression of the Burma Army   elsewhere in the Shan State and moved here to live under the MTA&#8217;s protection.   In 1996 Khun Sa accepted amnesty from the dictators of Burma and moved to Rangoon.   The MTA collapsed and the soldiers who wanted to continue the fight for freedom   reformed the Shan United Revolutionary Army (SURA), which then became the Shan   State Army (SSA) under Col. Yod Suk.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The SSA are under the political organization of the   Restoration Council of the Shan State (RCSS) and are fighting for liberty, the   restoration of democracy and a free Shan State. The SSA have from their inception   announced a campaign against narcotic production, trafficking and use in the   Shan State.<\/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=\"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=\"89%\"><span class=\"title2\"><i> <\/i><\/span>             <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"title2\">Narcotics<\/span><a name=\"3\"><\/a>           <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"5%\"><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\">The Ho Mong area is still a trafficking and production   area for amphetamines and heroin. According to villagers narcotics are controlled   by the Burma Army and their proxies the SSS.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The narcotics are transported by road close to the   Thai border and then carried in backpacks for one to three days to transfer   points inside Thailand. The average column of drug traffickers numbers 30 men   each (sometimes up to 60 men) each laden with a rucksack full of amphetamines.   Walking from the load point in the Ho Mong area to the transfer point in Thailand   takes an average of 5 days. For example, the jungle walk on secondary trails   from the Ho Mong area to Nam Mo Long near the Thai border takes 1-2 days, then   the border is crossed (usually at night) and the walk to Pai, Thailand takes   three days. Each drug porter gets B.30,000. Each load is checked and if any   drugs are missing the porter must pay for the loss immediately or is killed.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> This year however, due to Thai narcotic suppression   efforts, the movement of narcotics from this area has been slowed. Many drug   columns have been ambushed by Thai law enforcement and military forces causing   high casualties among those carrying the drugs and well as resulting in major   losses of narcotics. The Burma Army and their proxies are reportedly now trying   to find more secure methods of trafficking narcotics into Thailand.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> In the Ho Mong area, the chief narcotics chief is called   &#8220;Long Pan&#8221; (real name not known).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> He is based out of Nam Sang to the north but travels   regularly to the Ho Mong area to oversee narcotics operations there. He is escorted   by Burma Army troops.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> According to one local source, &#8220;Long Pan never walks   anywhere. He always drives and there is one Burma Army truck in front of his   truck and one Burma Army truck behind his truck. Long Pan travels in a white   4-door 4wheel drive truck that has a covered back.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> He still comes here to do his drug work even though   it is now more difficult. Also now there have not been any businessmen from   Thailand coming to this area this year- maybe because of the crackdown&#8221;.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> * From interview below; &#8221; The Shan resistance now is   the Shan State Army (SSA). They are good because they do not do drugs. And in   the areas they control they do not allow it to be grown. So in those areas there   are now less users and less production. Also they are good because they are   really fighting for freedom&#8221;.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title2\">\u00a0 <\/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=\"89%\"><span class=\"title2\"><i> <\/i><\/span>             <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"title2\">Relief Team Activities: Medical and Good               Life <\/span><a name=\"4\"><\/a>           <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"5%\"><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\">During the brief time in this area we treated 421 patients   in the first two days (561 total patients including other areas; 516 medical   and 45 dental-extractions and fillings)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The main problems encountered were respiratory infections,   urinary tract infections, dysentery, skin diseases and peptic ulcers. Of interest   was the low prevalence of Malaria compared to most IDP areas in Karen and Karenni   State, where malaria is usually one of the most common diseases diagnosed. Here   in this part of Shan State there were 80 patients out of 516 total who were   diagnosed with malaria.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> In general the people seemed healthy and are in better   shape health-wise than the IDPS we meet in other areas. A person can eat enough   and survive in the Ho Mong area as long as the dictators&#8217; armies are obeyed.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The team also distributed good life packs and the FBR   good life club counselors helped with the children. The Good Life Club program   has been expanded with the help of a Partners GLC team that worked on this mission   in a joint effort to reach out especially to children at risk.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title2\"> Interview: <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\">25 August 2006 Ho Mong area, Shan State, Burma:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The team interviewed many of the people here and below   is one representative interview with a local Shan man. (Name and age changed   for the person&#8217;s protection)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Sai Hoo, age 66, farmer, Shan ethnic.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i>&#8220;I used to live in Mong Kai, Shan State- north of   here. I had a big wood house and many buffalo. I was a well off farmer. In 1989   everything began to go bad. The Burma dictators forced me to move to Mong Ngai,   giving me 5 days notice. They said they wanted no one to stay at Mong Kai because   they thought we would support the Shan resistance forces.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><i><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> I was sick and could not move in time so they came   forced me to leave and burned down my house. My relatives were at Mong Ngai   so I took my wife and we went there.<\/span><\/i> <\/p>\n<p><i><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Later on the Shan resistance (MTA) came near Mong   Ngai and the Burma Army accused us of supporting them and forced us to move   again in 3 days. My wife had just given birth and was very ill so I had to carry   my wife and our new child to the new place. When I returned to get our belongings   from our home, the Burma Army had burned down my house and 16 others in our   village. After that some villagers who still had belongings in homes that were   not burned, wanted to go and get them. They decided to send three women, En   Say, Aye Kya and Aye No to the remaining houses, thinking that even if the Burma   Army was still there they would not harm three village women. Instead the three   women were each raped and killed by the troops. 5 days later a cripple from   our village also tried to go back and find his things but he too was killed.<\/span><\/i> <\/p>\n<p><i><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Our family then decided we could not stay near the   Burma Army so we fled to Ho Mong, which was at that time under control of one   of the Shan resistance groups- the Mong Tai Army (MTA). We have lived here for   16 years now. Later the MTA collapsed and the leader Khun Sa joined the Burma   government. He was a drug man and not good but we could live here as long as   his troops were here. Now the Burma Army controls all this (including drugs)   and we are under oppression.<\/span><\/i> <\/p>\n<p><i><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> We are not happy here but we can survive.<\/span><\/i> <\/p>\n<p><i><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The Shan resistance now is the Shan State Army (SSA).   They are good because they do not do drugs. And in the areas they control they   do not allow it to be grown. So in those areas there are now less users and   less production. Also they are good because they are really fighting for freedom.&#8221;<\/span><\/i> <\/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=\"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=\"89%\"><span class=\"title2\"><i> <\/i><\/span>             <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\"> Reports of Rape and Murder<\/span><a name=\"5\"><\/a>           <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"5%\"><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=\"bodyCopy\">Below are two stories of rape and murder that occurred in   the Ho Mong area. They were sent in earlier FBR reports. (Name of rape victim   has been changed.) <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\"> *1) Five-year-old Shan girl, Nang Sap, taken by the Burma   Army, missing for 7 years and reported dead. Mother grieving.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\">This story was originally sent out by a Shan FBR team   who helped the mother and father of this girl escape the Ho Mong area of Southern   Shan State. We had also helped one of the children with an operation to re-route   his intestines in 2002. We knew of the story of the missing 5-year-old girl   then and reported on it, but just this week we met the mother again. When we   talked to her she suddenly broke down in uncontrollable tears and crying. At   one point she collapsed and went into shock. The loss of her daughter is a wound   in her soul and we felt sorrow as we tried to comfort her. So we decided to   tell her story hoping that it might so some good.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> We are with an IDP community and have two Partners   relief team members with us and trying to help these people is a joint effort.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Date of interview: 10 August 2006<br \/>  Name of interviewee: The mother of the kidnapped girl, Nang Khi<br \/>  Name of lost daughter: Nang Sap, 5 years old, from Nam Khat village, Ho Mong   area, Southern Shan State, Burma.<br \/>  Date that Nang Sap was kidnapped by Burma Army: 5 October 1999.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i>&#8220;We are very poor. One day, we left our home to   carry some rice and left two of our children at home. We were at the nearby   village of Mai Lan when we were told that one of our children was lost. When   we were coming back home, the head of the village asked fifty villagers to search   for our daughter along the river just in case she drowned. But, they could not   find her. The search for our little girl kept on going for seven days but they   did not find her. Then the headman said that if I want to have a funeral ceremony   for my daughter since they are not found. I was then told that our child might   not be drowned.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> We were told that the SPDC troops of the Burma Army,   who used to come to the temple and our home, did not come here any more. This   was because they had kidnapped our daughter. Since then, I could not eat and   drink any more for nine days. Some villagers came to me and encouraged me that   I had to live.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> At that time in 1999, some SSA soldiers arrived   in our village and one of the officers found out about my situation and advised   me to go and stay in a safe place. We are here with the help of the SSA who   are looking after us. I have mental problems because of my lost child.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> In the year of 2000, while we were already here.   I was questioned about my mental state- I cried all the time. People thought   I was mad. Some people in the village answered those who questioned my sanity   and told them that I had lost my child.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> My situation is getting better here. The SSA is   helping me and gives medical care. In 2000 I was shocked when a woman form Ho   Mong village asked me about my lost child. That women also asked me what the   color of the dress was that my daughter was wearing when she disappeared. That   women showed me a picture, asking me, &#8220;Is that your child?&#8221; I was shocked when   I saw the picture because it was a picture of my daughter. I asked the women   where she got that picture. The woman answered that she saw my lost child in   the weaving center in Ho Mong. The woman went on to say at that time the Burma   Army was kidnapping children in order to sacrifice them alive in the foundation   of a new Pagoda they were building. This was something that happened in other   areas of Shan State.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> The woman said that she saw my child being carried   by a Burma Army soldier in a backpack. At that time my child was half awake   and was sobbing. According to the woman, my child was given an injection of   some kind by the soldiers. She thought it was anesthesia. The woman kept saying   that she saw some SPDC soldiers gave my child more injections. The woman said   that she ran away when the child began screaming. She went to tell the villagers   and the villagers came to see that child. Some recognized her and said, &#8220;Oh!   Is that the child of Nang Khi of Nam Khat village? &#8221; She said that the SPDC   soldiers injected one more anesthesia to my child and then put her in a bag   pack and carried her to some unknown place.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> The woman said that one night at midnight she had   once found three children who were thrown into a big hole under the foundation   on which the new pagoda was to be built. The woman said that my child was one   of the three children who were buried killed alive there. They woman told me   that she could not remember the date of the death of the children. I told the   woman that if she could bring my child back to me, I would give her as much   money as much as she asked for. She said she could do nothing but in a strange   way she tried to encourage me by saying, &#8216;Don&#8217;t be depressed, your child is   lucky since she has a chance now to live in the pagoda forever&#8217;.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The mother was obviously distressed in recalling this   and said, &#8220;What can I say, I am very sad.&#8221;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> While some of the details remain unconfirmed the facts   remain: on a mountain in Shan State is a mother who is grieving and barely able   to hold on and whose daughter has been missing for 7 years.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> God bless you,<br \/>  A relief team leader<br \/>  FBR<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\"> *2) Rape of 9-year-old Shan girl by the Burma Army.(   Name of girl, mother and brother changed).<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\">This young Shan girl was raped by a soldier of the   Burma Army. She was 9 years old at the time and is still traumatized by the   violent rape. Her family fled to this site after the rape. The rape occurred   in Ho Mong, South Eastern Shan State. Ho Mong is the old base of the drug lord,   Khun Sa, and is now occupied by the Burma Army as well as a proxy force- the   Southern Shan State Army (SSS) who are commanded by Maha Ja, a Wa ethnic who   is allied with the Burma Army. Ho Mong is close to the Thai border and is North   West of Mae Hong Son. This is an area populated by ethnic Shan and is under   the complete domination of the Burma Army and the SSS. (*Note the Shan State   Army (SSA) is a pro-democracy resistance organization, while the Southern Shan   State Army (SSS) is a proxy army under the control of the Burma Army.)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> We had received a report from the Shan FBR team who   had helped this girl and her family escape last year. She is 10 years old now,   and to meet her face to face and see the mental pain she is still in, is terrible.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> We felt compassion for her, and disgust and anger for   the Burma Army soldier who raped her. How could anyone rape a little girl like   her?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> We talked with her briefly and prayed with and for   her. Later we interviewed her mother.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Her story is below.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> Name of interviewee: Pa Ma, mother of 10 year old girl   who was raped last year when she was 9 years old.<br \/>  Name of girl who was raped: Nang See, 10 year old now, 9 years old at time of   rape.<br \/>  Place of birth (and the place she was raped): Ho Mong, South Eastern Shan State,   Burma.<br \/>  Brothers and sisters: 2 brothers and 1 sister.<br \/>  Date of rape by the Burma Army: 10\/2004 (exact date in October not clear.)<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The rape of 9 year old Shan girl, Nang See as told   to the team by her mother in IDP site.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i>&#8220;Her father and I went to farm the fields. She stayed   at home with her brothers and sister. When we came back home, she was covering   herself with a blanket and her sarong was soaked with blood. I looked at her   closely and then I saw her vagina was torn and damaged. She was afraid and dared   not to say anything. I tried to ask her but she gave no answer. Finally, her   younger brother &#8220;Khun Ka, 5 years old&#8221; told me what happened.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> First, he saw five soldiers of the Burma Army come   down into the village. Two of the soldiers went to another area and the other   three came and stood in front of our house. And then, one of the soldiers came   into our house and gave our daughter, (Nang See, then 9 years old), a cucumber.   And then, he forced her to lie down on the floor in front of the household shrine.   She began to shout but the soldier covered her mouth with a sarong.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> She struggled allot but the soldier was very strong,   and so she was raped. The soldier quickly left from out of our house after he   raped her.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> The mother then told the team;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i>&#8220;When I know she was raped by the Burma Army, I   went and told the head of the village, named U Lay or Nee Yord Khin. He suggested   that I carry her to the Southern Shan State (SSS- Army) hospital. So we then   we carried her to the SSS hospital. Some of the SSS authorities gave me 1000   Baht ($25) and the commander of the SSS, General Maha Ja gave us 30,000 Kyat.   (900 baht or $24). We stayed at the SSS hospital for 7 or 8 days. And then,   we came back home.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> We found out that the Burma Army soldier who raped   our daughter was from battalion 132 (LIB). This battalion is from Mong Mai and   was based in Htun Lot camp.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> There was no punishment for him.<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><i> We felt very bad and with the help of a Shan FBR   (SSA-FBR) team we were able to go to a safe IDP place. We arrived in February   2005. But, her vagina was not yet healed when we came.&#8221;<\/i><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> This story is tragic and is only one of the many evil   results of the dictator&#8217;s rule over Burma. What can we do? For the young Shan   girl, Nang See, we can help her medically and we hope emotionally. We will do   our best and are grateful to the Shan FBR team who helped her arrive here. We   are grateful too for your prayers and for your love and how you help stand with   these people.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> God bless you,<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> A relief team leader<\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"> FBR<\/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\":63776,\"title\":\"Feudalism, Narcotics and an Uncertain Future for Children\",\"subject\":\"FBR: Feudalism, Narcotics and an Uncertain Future for Children\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: Feudalism, Narcotics and an Uncertain Future for ChildrenShan FBR Mission to the Ho Mong Area of Shan State Shan State, Burma 1 September, 2006 \u00a0 \u00a0 In This Report: \u00a0 Report Summary Feudalism Narcotics Relief Team Activities: Medical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2006\/09\/01\/feudalism-narcotics-and-an-uncertain-future-for-children\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","state-magwe","state-rangoon"],"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\/63776","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=63776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}