{"id":75327,"date":"2019-12-22T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-21T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeburmarangers.org\/?p=75327"},"modified":"2019-12-22T06:15:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T23:15:36","slug":"shoot-sight-orders-given-burma-army-impose-curfew-restrict-movement-villagers-kyaukkyi-township","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2019\/12\/22\/shoot-sight-orders-given-burma-army-impose-curfew-restrict-movement-villagers-kyaukkyi-township\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot-on-Sight Orders Given by Burma Army as They Impose Curfew and Restrict Movement for Villagers in Kyaukkyi Township"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shoot-on-Sight Orders Given by Burma Army as They Impose Curfew and Restrict Movement for Villagers in Kyaukkyi Township<\/h1>\n

22 December 2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Bago Division and Karen State, Burma<\/p>\n

Report Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone seen on the road, civilian or otherwise, would be shot immediately. Additional restrictions included a 6 p.m. curfew on the road between Kyaukkyi to Pa Kaw Hta and a shoot-on-sight command for anyone traveling from Pa Kaw Hta to Maw Law, regardless of what time they are seen.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

– Statement by Burma Army in Kyaukkyi area of Karen State, Burma, on 9 Dec. 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional restrictions included a 6 p.m. curfew on the road between Kyaukkyi to Pa Kaw Hta and a shoot-on-sight command for anyone traveling from Pa Kaw Hta to Maw Law, regardless of what time they are seen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Burma Army\u00a0Imposes Curfew and Restricts Movement for Villagers with Shoot-on-Sight Orders\u00a0in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Division, Burma<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Dec. 9, Col. Aung Soe Mein met with Muthe\u2019s village leaders and told them that villagers were not allowed to transport rice between Muthe and Maw Law or travel along the road. Anyone seen on the road, civilian or otherwise, would be shot immediately. Additional restrictions included a 6 p.m. curfew on the road between Kyaukkyi to Pa Kaw Hta and a shoot-on-sight command for anyone traveling from Pa Kaw Hta to Maw Law, regardless of what time they are seen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, on Dec. 14, the Burma Army posted a statement restricting local movement on the road from Kyaukkyi, in Bago Division, east along the road to where it meets the Karen State border. It was Infantry Battalion (IB) 39, led by Lt. Col. Htun Win Soe, that posted signs along the road. Lt. Col. Htun Win Soe had received the statement and instructions to post from Col. Aung Soe Mein, who is the operation commander in the area from Kyaukkyi to the Bago Division\/Karen State border (TOC 2).<\/span><\/p>\n

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The statement posted by the Burma Army on 14 Dec. 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last section of the poster was the most troubling for local villagers as it claimed that the Burma Army was following the National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) and that it was the Karen National Union (KNU) who was violating the NCA because they had blown up Burma Army bulldozers and staged ambushes against the Burma Army. Because of that, the Burma Army said that they wanted the villagers to know the KNU was not sympathetic to them and that the villagers should instead work with the Burma Army to improve area development.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Burma Army statement also included the following points all of which violate the ceasefire agreements :<\/span><\/p>\n