"The following nineteen recent interviews with villagers from eastern Burma confirm the continued use of forced labor in their communities during 2003. The interviews show the use of forced labor and portering coordinated by high-ranking military officers in some areas of Burma; some orders originate from battalion commanders and a local strategic commander. The interviews also illustrate that it is ultimately the military that issues these orders for forced labor even if they often use village heads as intermediaries in giving and enforcing the orders. These interviews are redacted and abridged to ensure the security of those interviewed and their families. EarthRights International keeps the interviews in their entirety on file...[This] Supplemental Report...also includes updates on the Yadana and Yetagun pipeline region, prisoner porter interviews, and other forms of forced labor. By providing an in-depth examination, the report documents the highly systematic and violent nature of labor abuse by the Burmese military..."