January 5, 2005: "The witnesses from the local villages reported that about 18 Mon women have been raped by Burmese Army?s commanders and soldiers during they lunched military operation against a Mon Splinter group that was active in southern part of Burma ? southern Mon State and northern Tennaserim division. Most women victims were the family members or relatives of the soldiers in splinter group, as some women were raped at their houses after threats of killing by the soldiers while some were raped during they forced to work in the military camps..."