"The SPDC has required householders in every village to participate in the project for industrialization of agricultural lands in the Indawgyi region, Mohnyin township of the Kachin State. Every citizen including those in public service is forced to give their labour. 2. In addition to the residents of 20 villages situated on the eastern and western banks of Indawgyi, elephants, buffaloes, and cows are used to clear the vegetation. In the process, two elephants and 14 cows and buffaloes have died through injury. Claims for compensation of the losses have been made but though the authorities agreed to place the matter at the State level, nothing has resulted to date..."