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knu 1/99
OFFICE OF THE SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
KAREN NATIONAL UNION
KAWTHOOLEI
KNU Press Release No 1/99
Regarding Human Right Violation by SPDC
january 8,1999
Thaton District
*20-12-98: Troops from SPDC army LIB 49 went into Ta-maw-daw village
and extorted 2 baskets of rice from the villagers. On 22-12-98
those troops again came back into Ta-maw-daw village and forcibly
collected a half tin of paddy from every houses and let the
villagers pound and hulled into white rice and also had to send it
to the military camp. On 23-12-98 those troops went into Ta-wai-ba
village and demanded 30 viss of pork from the villagers.
Naung-la-bin District
*18-12-98: SPDC special force known as (Sa-Sa-Sa or Sa thone
lone)led by commander Shan Bu went into Mate-tha-lin village and
tried to arrest Maung Maung Aye from that village while Maung Maung
Aye could escape. Then those troops arrested his wife Ma Sein Than
and beat her to death and left her. On 19-12-98: The brothers and
sisters of Ma Sein Than came to search for her and found that Ma
Sein Than was still alive and sent her to the hospital at Kyak
-Kyi.
*20-12-98: A monk who was living in the monastery at
Wet-nyi-naung-gon, Kyauk-Kyi township was listening to the BBC news.
Meanwhile troops from SPDC special force Sa-thone-lone led by
commander Maung Maung arrived at the monastery and sharply scolded
him and warned him that be must not listen to news broadcast from any
foreign station any more. If he were found listing news broadcast
from any foreign station next time, severe action will be taken
straight away on him without any question.
*24-12-98: At 6 a.m SPDC army IB 59 let by company commander Hla Kyaw
Oo with 14 troops went into Myaung Oo Kwet-seik village and severely
beat villagers namely Mya Win, Saw Say Day, Maung Maung and Than
Chaung and took them away. Later Than Chaung was released and the
remaining 3 persons were taken to Mon town and detained them in a
cell. On 25-12-98: each of them had to ransom 5, 000 kyats for their
release.
*24-12-98: Troops from SPDC Strategic command No. (10) Went into
Maw-Pu village, Shwe-gyin Township and firing weapons at the village
and the villagers escaped for their lives.
*27-12-98: At 3:30 p.m troops from SPDC army IB 59 at the number of
13 troops went into Mee-daing-taw village and shot and killed Maung
San Myint without any reason and cut off his head. While the body of
Maung San Myint was taken to the funeral, those troops waited on the
way and severely beat the villagers who came to the funeral.
Villagers who were beaten were Saw Pah Lu, Saw Shee Sho, Saw Noe Loe,
Saw Po Cho, Win Hlaing, Saw Ler Wah, Maung Nyunt win, Saw Gay Nay
Htoo, and Thaung Kyi from Mee-taing-taw village, Po Ni Toe from
Tha-byay-nyunt village and Maung Hlaing from Kyaw byin village. Po Ni
Toe was also tortured by putting a knife in his mouth where the head
of Maung San Myint was hung beside the pathway in the village by
those troops.
words & Abbreviations: Kyat= Name of Burmese currency: SPDC = State
Peace and Development Council (Military dictatorship of Burma); LIB
Light Infantry Battalion IB = Infantry Battalion ; Basket = 8
gallons; Viss=1.6 kg