Incident Report: Forced recruitment in Thaton District #2, May 2012

ဖော်ပြချက်/အကြောင်းအရာ: 

The following incident report was written by a community member who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights abuses. The community member who wrote this report described an incident that occurred on May 29th 2012 in Kyoh Moh Thweh village tract, Hpa-an Township, Thaton District, where a group of BGF Battalion #1014 soldiers forcibly recruited villagers for a people?s militia. This report also includes information about the consequent problems the villagers endured related to this forced recruitment, such as having to pay money in lieu, or fleeing the area in order to avoid recruitment. In response to previous forced recruitment efforts, the community member reported that several villagers fled the area in order to avoid the forced service. This report has been summarized along with three other Incident Reports received from this area in: ?Border Guard #1014 forced labour and forced recruitment, April to May 2012,” KHRG, May 2013.

ရင်းမြစ်: 

Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)

Date of Publication: 

2013-05-31

Date of entry: 

2013-06-22

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Language: 

English

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