Toungoo Situation Update: Tantabin Township, January to March 2012

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"This report includes a situation update submitted to KHRG in March 2012 by a community member describing events occurring in Tantabin Township, Toungoo District. It provides information on rations resupply operations by Tatmadaw MOC #9 along the vehicle road from Kler La army camp to Bu Hsa Hkee army camp from January to March 2012, in which soldiers from MOC #9 and LID #66 burnt the vehicle road and the roadside in order to clear vegetation for security purposes, resulting in the destruction of villagers? cardamom and betelnut plantations. The community member also described attacks on villagers? livelihoods and food supply, with the burning of 177 acres of villagers? cardamom plantations by LID #66 alone at the end of March 2012. Recent evidence of abuse by IB #35, under the control of LID #66, in forced relocation sites, such as using villagers for forced labour to clear weeds around military camps, is also provided. In one instance, Y--- villagers responded to the burning of the vehicle road by clearing away dry leaves in order to prevent the fire from spreading to their adjacent plantations, however, MOC #9 soldiers proceeded to burn the villagers? plantations nonetheless."

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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)

Date of Publication: 

2012-05-20

Date of entry: 

2012-06-13

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English

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