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"On July 6, 2019, a Lahu villager was beaten by Burma Army troops of LIB 579 when buying rice in his
village, Wan Mong Lieng, Mong Lieng village tract, Mong Peang township, Mong Hsat district, eastern
Shan State.
On that day, at 6 pm, 32-year-old Ja Paw, went into a rice shop to buy rice, when he met 20 Burma Army
soldiers from LIB 579, who asked him whether he was taking the rice to Shan troops. They punched him
seven times, as they questioned him: “Are you buying the rice for the Shan troops?”
He replied: “No, I am just buying it for myself. I am going into the jungle to collect some herbal medicine
to sell.”
The Burma Army soldiers interrogated him for an hour before letting him go.
Burma Army LIB 579 is based in Mong Hsat, supervised by Military Operations Command 14 under the
control of the Triangle Regional Command in Kengtung, eastern Shan State
Wan Mong Lieng village has 30 households, Shan and Lahu. Ja Paw is the son of Loong Ja Hay and Pa Na
Hay, who are both Wan Mong Lieng villagers. On July 13-15, 2019, Burma Army troops from LIB 554, based in Mong Tum, went on patrol around Wan
Na Koon Hsai, Mong Pu Awn village tract, Mong Peang township, eastern Shan State, and looted the
local villagers’ livestock and vegetables.
On July 13, 2019 at 8 am, about 30 troops from this unit looted chili, mustard leaves and a duck, all
worth 15,000 kyats (=10 US$) belonging to Loong Kyaung Phoe Ma and Pa Kyaung Wo Jing, in Wan Na
Koon Hsai village.
On July 14, 2019 at 3 pm, the same troops came to steal three ducks worth 30,000 kyat (=20 US$) from
Pu Lai Hsy Hseng and Pa Lai Hsy Lu in Wan Na Koon Hsai again.
On July 15, 2019 at 7 am, the same troops came to steal three ducks worth 24,000 kyats (=16 US$) from
Loong Kyaung Phoe Ma and Pa Kyaung Wo Jing, in Wan Na Koon Hsai village.
The soldiers stayed outside the village, but came into the village to steal food...ရှမ်းပြည်အေရှေ့ပိုင်း၊ မိုင်းပျဉ်းမြို့နယ်တွင် ဆန်ဝယ်ပြီးပြန်လာသည့် ဒေသခံရွာသားတဦးကို အစိုးရစစ်တပ်၊ တပ်သားများက ရိုက်နှက်စစ်ဆေးခြင်း"
Source/publisher:
"Progressive Voice" via Shan Human Rights Foundation
Date of Publication:
2019-07-25
Date of entry:
2019-08-06
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
- Human Rights
- Discrimination
- Race or Ethnicity: Discrimination based on
- Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations
- Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against specific groups
- Discrimination against the Shan -- Shan Human Rights Foundation
- Shan Human Rights Foundation Monthly Reports
Geographic coverage:
- Shan State
Countries:
Myanmar
Language:
English, Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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