{"id":63968,"date":"2007-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-02-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeburmarangers.org\/2007\/02\/25\/burma-army-attacks-and-mortars-villages-in-northern-karen-state\/"},"modified":"2007-02-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-02-25T00:00:00","slug":"burma-army-attacks-and-mortars-villages-in-northern-karen-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2007\/02\/25\/burma-army-attacks-and-mortars-villages-in-northern-karen-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Burma Army Attacks and Mortars Villages in Northern Karen State"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" bordercolordark=\"#b7c494\" bordercolor=\"#b7c494\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"662\" height=\"125\">\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 Attacks and Mortars Villages, Destroys Property, Extorts Villagers&#8217;             Property and Continues to Re-Supply Camps in Northern Karen State<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\"> <span class=\"greytext\">Karen State, Eastern Burma<\/span><br \/><span class=\"greytext\">Feb. 26, 2007<\/span>             <\/p>\n<div class=\"divdashedline\"> <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"99%\">\n<div align=\"left\" class=\"title2\">IN THIS REPORT<a name=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"4\" class=\"linkMenu\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"linkMenu\"><a href=\"#1\">Photos from Toungoo District<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2.1\">Map of Report Areas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#2\">Reports from Nyaunglebyin District<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"divdashedline\"> <\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\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=\"82%\">\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Photos from Toungoo District<\/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>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Forced Labor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_01.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"210\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_02.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><\/p>\n<p>  Photos 1 and 2: <span class=\"caption\">Burma Army soldiers from LID 88 based   at Naw Soe camp using prisoner porters to retrieve supplies and rations from   Kaw Thay Der village on 14 February 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">The Burma Army has forced the following* villagers to   use their own vehicles to transport Burma Army supplies These villagers are   from Kler La, Kaw Thay Der, and Baw Kay Koh villages:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">1. Saw Xxx Xxx<br \/>  2. Saw Xx Xxxx<br \/>  3. Saw Xx Xxx<br \/>  4. Saw Xxx Xxx<br \/>  5. Naw Xxx Xxxx<br \/>  6. Hser Xx Xxxx Xxx<br \/>  7. Naw Xxx Xx<br \/>  8. Naw Xx Xxx<br \/>  9. Saw Xx Xxx<br \/>  *Villager names have been concealed for purposes of security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">On 15 February 2007, Naw Day L&#8217;Yar and Saw Sa Baw&#8217;s   trucks were both severely damaged when they ran over landmines while being forced   to carry supplies by the Burma Army. These trucks were two out of nine that   the Burma Army had demanded for the transportation of supplies from Mawchi camp   to Busakee camp. On the 17 th The Burma Army forced more than 200 villagers   from the area to carry these supplies because the trucks could no longer be   driven. The Burma Army regularly demands this forced labor from 12 of the villages   in the Bawgali Gyi (Kler La) area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Aircraft<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_03.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_04.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/p>\n<p>  Photos 3 and 4:<span class=\"caption\"> On 14 February 2007, the Burma Army made   9 trips with two MI 8 helicopters to their camp at Busakee, carrying supplies   to the camp and patients from the camp. The next day, on the 15th, the same   aircraft made about seven trips to the camp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Landmines<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"caption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_05.jpg\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"caption\">Photo 5: <span class=\"caption\">This   is Aung Kyaw Soe, a Karen villager who stepped on a Burma Army landmine in Thandaung   Township in early February.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\">Camps<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Burma Army camps<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_06.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Photo 6: <span class=\"caption\">B&#8217;yin   Naw Burma Army camp, located in Thandaung Town.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_07.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Photo 7: Maung Nyei Gyi (Ker Wei)   army camp. Burma Army MOC 5 tactical commander Kyaw Soe commands this army camp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_08.jpg\" width=\"250\"><br \/>  Photo 8: Maung Nyei Gyi (Ker Wei) army camp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_09.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_10.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Photos 9 and 10: Ku Tay Der army   camp<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_11.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Photo 11: Thu Wee Der (Tay Yen   Yoe) army camp. Burma Army LIB 373 commander and MOC 5 tactical commander Saw   Moe Kyaw commands this camp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_12.jpg\" width=\"250\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Photo 12: Burma Army camp at Kler   La (Bawgali Gyi)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\"><span class=\"title2\">Map of Area of Reports<a name=\"2.1\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/20070225_report_map.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/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%\">\n<p><span class=\"title2\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\"><span class=\"title2\">Reports               from Nyaunglebyin District<\/span><\/span><i> <\/i><\/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><span class=\"title2\"><span class=\"title2\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Mon Township:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"bodyCopy\">   Burma Army launches attack in Mon Township forcing 121 villagers into hiding<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">On 16 February 2007, LIB 376 launched an attack into   Mon Township near the village of Saw Tay Der. One Karen soldier was wounded   when the Karen resistance tried to halt the attacking Burma Army and one Burma   Army soldier was killed. LIB 376 then divided into two columns, but remained   in the area. LIB 376 is under MOC 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">121 people were displaced because of this attack from   the villages of Saw Tay Der, Ker Po Doh and Play Kee. These villagers are now   hiding in the jungle or in nearby villages.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">On 14 February 2007 a Burma Army bulldozer arrived at   Maladaw village in Mon Township. On the same day, Burma Army troops based in   the Maladaw area forced 60 villagers from Maladaw to carry supplies for them   from Htee Wah Bway Kee camp to Maladaw camp. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Kyauk Kyi (Ler Doh) Township: Burma   Army mortars village, seriously wounding a villager, and continues to extort   villagers&#8217; property.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Note: The following activities all took place in the   plains and foothills on the Eastern side of the Sittang river valley. The Burma   Army has significant control over the villages in these areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Attacks:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">On 3 February 2007, the Burma Army LIB 349, based at   their camp in Kyo Gyi, fired mortars at the nearby Kyo Gyi village. Naw Bweh   Paw, 20, was wounded in the attack. Both of her legs were seriously injured   when mortar landed close by.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">The next day LIB 349 fought with KNLA troops in the   same general area. Several Burma Army soldiers were killed in the fighting.   The Burma Army then forced each of the villages in the immediate area to pay   a 65,000 kyat fine because of the fighting. The villages forced to pay this   fine were Po Pin Goe, Kyaw Su, Li Pi Wei, Thi P&#8217;yaw Dah, Pyi Su, Wei Mu, Hay   Tha Wei, Kyo Gyi, Pyi Taung Tha, Ywa Ka La, and Htoe Wa Zet.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">On 5 February 2007, the commander from Kyo Gyi camp   came down to the village of Kyo Gyi with his troops and accused the villagers   of attacking them the day before. He captured and held 10 villagers, then shot   three of the village pigs. He proceeded to smear the pig blood on the each of   the ten villagers and took photos of them all together. He demanded 20,000 kyat   from each villager. He then threatened to kill every villager if news of what   he had done were to get out. The villagers were then released and the Burma   Army troops returned to their camp.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">On the same day LIB 349 troops burned down more than   10 acres of villager farmland in the Ka Det Myaw area.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"title2\"><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Extortion:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">On 5 February, 2007, Burma Army LIB 349 commander Tha   Tet forced villagers from Li Pi Wei, Htoe Wa Zet and Hat Tha Wei to buy a motorcycle   for him. The cost of the motorcycle was 1,200,000 kyat. Villagers from this   area are also being forced pay 1,000 kyat for travel passes if they want to   go to their fields and farms to work. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">Also on 5 February, Col. Maung Gyi began the construction   of a new camp for his troops. He demanded money from the nearby villages for   the Thatch roofs in the camp. The following villages were forced to pay for   the roofing:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">1. Htoe Wa Zet 120,000 Kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">2. Kyauk Se Yik 120,000 Kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">3. Thu K&#8217;bee 50,000 Kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">4. Taw Kyaw Paut 120,000 Kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">5. Lei Wei Gyi 50,000 Kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">6. Aye Net 200,000 Kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">7. Kyo Gyi 120,000 Kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">LIB 349 Deputy Batt. Commander Thet Kein has been demanding   a tax from villagers who trade goods across the Sittang River. The tax is 1,000   kyat for a villager crossing the river with an empty bullock cart, and 1,500   kyat if the bullock cart contains goods such as beans. If the villager is moving   timber or logs, the tax is 5,000 kyat. Villagers who live in the Ler Doh Klo   river area are being charged a monthly tax of 5000 kyat.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">On 10 February 2007, Major Zaw Win Myit based in Shwe   Gyin demanded money from four nearby village tracts to purchase thatch roofing   for improvements at his camp. He demanded 200 kyat for each section of thatch.   The following village tracts were forced to pay for the camp improvement:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">1. Pe Deh Gon village tract 240,000 kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">2. Ma Oo Pin village tract 200,000 Kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">3. Lipi Wei village tract 300,000 Kyat<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">4. Hay Tha Wei village tract 100,000 Kyat <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodyCopy\">The total amount demanded from all nearby villages was   840,000 Kyat. Villagers were told to provide money rather than the actual thatch   roofing.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/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\":63968,\"title\":\"Burma Army Attacks and Mortars Villages in Northern Karen State\",\"subject\":\"FBR: Burma Army Attacks and Mortars Villages in Northern Karen State\",\"admin_email\":\"info@freeburmarangers.org\",\"admin_name\":\"FBR\"});\n<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBR REPORT: Burma Army Attacks and Mortars Villages, Destroys Property, Extorts Villagers&#8217; Property and Continues to Re-Supply Camps in Northern Karen State Karen State, Eastern BurmaFeb. 26, 2007 IN THIS REPORT Photos from Toungoo District Map of Report Areas Reports &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2007\/02\/25\/burma-army-attacks-and-mortars-villages-in-northern-karen-state\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","state-karen3-nyaunglebin","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\/63968","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=63968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}