Pa?an Interview: Saw C---, October 2011 [News Bulletin]

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"This report contains the full transcript of an interview conducted during October 2011 in Lu Pleh Township, Pa?an District by a villager trained by KHRG to monitor human rights conditions. The villager interviewed Saw C---, a 23-year-old unmarried hill field farmer, who described an incident in which his brother-in-law, Saw A---, 36, was shot and killed by patrolling Tatmadaw soldiers from IB 230 in the Kler Day area of Lu Pleh Township, Pa?an District. Saw C--- explained that he, his mother Naw G---, two KNLA soldiers who were cooking in the house at the time, and his brother-in-law Saw A--- fled their house when Tatmadaw soldiers entered P--- village and that, as they fled, the soldiers fired at them. According to Saw C---, one of the bullets hit Saw A--- on the right side of his head, killing him immediately. A separate report of this incident written by the villager who conducted this interview, which includes 23 photos taken by the same villager, is available in the bulletin "Incident report: Villager shot and killed in Pa?an District, October 2011" published by KHRG on December 1st 2011."

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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)

Date of Publication: 

2011-12-01

Date of entry: 

2012-01-19

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English

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