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Subject: SPECIAL POSTING - SHRF  MONTHLY REPORT  --  OCTOBER 1999 (PART II)

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FORCED LABOUR AND EXTORTION IN MURNG-TON=20

 Since 24.8.99, SPDC troops from IB65 stationed at Murng Harng camp have
issued an order requiring the people in the area to guard a rice farm =
belonging to
the military from being eaten by animals in Murng Harng tract, Murng-Ton =
township.

 In early May 1999, SPDC troops at Murng Harng had ordered all the =
villagers to
clear 20 acres of land and cultivate rice for them. After the villagers =
had done all that was necessary for a rice farm, the headman offered to =
build a fence around the farm to prevent it from being destroyed by =
animals and to save the villagers the trouble of having to guard it. But =
the commander of the troops, Maj Shwe Myint, said that there was no need =
for a fence and he would assign 4-5 of his troops to guard it every day.

 Over the next few months, Shwe Myint had actually sent 4-5 of his =
troops to look after their rice farm. However, the troops on guard often =
shot dead the villagers' cattle that roamed close enough to be in their =
firing range and the owners, who had been forced to identify themselves, =
were fined 3500-4000 Kyat on a charge of neglecting their cattle. In =
addition to losing their cattle, the villagers had to pay fines for =
offences they had not committed.

 Now, the villagers are being forced to guard and look after the rice =
farm all the time, requiring 4 persons at a time to stay at the farm for =
1 day and 1 night. Moreover, the villagers are warned that if any cattle =
happened to get into the farm, the villagers on guard would be fined =
2000 Kyat each.

EXTORTION IN MURNG-TON

 Since early September 1999, about 30 SPDC troops from LIB519 led by =
Capt Hla Hpe, stationed at Naa Pa Kaao, Mae Ken tract, Murng-Ton =
township, have been catching cattle which the villagers let graze in the =
nearby forests and
demanding 500-600 Kyat for each head from the owners.

 On 7.9.99, 30 SPDC troops from LIB519 led by Capt Hla Hpe came and =
stationed themselves at Naa Pa Kaao village and patrolled the outlying =
areas of the village. The troops seized the cattle they found outside =
the village and brought them back to the village and demanded money from =
the owners for the service of bringing back their cattle that had =
strayed too far from the village.

 If there were cattle with no one to claim, they were brought and kept =
in the
military base of LIB519 for a while and later taken to the town and sold =
to the
butchers. Even though the villagers knew very well that their cattle had =
not strayed but were only grazing in the forests as usual, they had no =
choice but to pay the money instead of losing their cattle altogether.

 There have been so far 11 cows and 8 buffalo for which their owners =
have had
to pay money to the SPDC troops to get back their own cattle, 500 Kyat =
for each
cow and 600 Kyat for each buffalo. Many villagers are said to be =
thinking of selling their cattle and fleeing to some other places.

SHOOTING OF CIVILIAN IN TA-KHI-LAEK=20

 On 11.9.99, a car driver, Sai Wan, aged 32, was shot at and wounded by =
SPDC
troops from LIB526 while his car was approaching a checkpoint at Nam Mae =
Hok
bridge in Ta-Khi-Leak township.

 At about 22:00 hrs on that day, 7 SPDC troops manning Nam Mae Hok =
bridge
checkpoint shot at a car that was coming steadily towards them without =
warning
or asking anything. It was a passenger car that ran between Murng Phong =
and
Ta-Khi-Laek. The shooting damaged the front lights and both front tyres =
of the
car and wounded the driver in the left shoulder.

 The next day, on 12.9.99, at 9:00 hrs, when the driver went to the =
Township
Peace and Development Council Office and tried  to lodge a complaint, he =
was
taunted by the authorities. They said, "That served you right. You might =
as
well be dead, why did you come so late at night?".=20

 When the driver asked whether it was fair to shoot at anyone they =
wanted to
shoot without asking or giving any warning, the answer was, "You know, =
they
are soldiers with guns. Who should they shoot, if not you?" After saying =
this, the
authorities refused to hear his complaint any further.

FORCED LABOUR AND EXTORTION IN TA-KHI-LAEK

 From 7 to 12.9.99, SPDC troops from LIB359 forced the people of all the =
6
quarters of Ta-Khi-Laek to buy food and cook for them 3 meals per day.

 During the 6 days while about 150 troops from LIB359 were taking =
security
guarding several border crossing points along the Nam Mae Sai stream =
that
serves as the Burma-Thailand border line, the people of Ta-Khi-Laek were =
being
forced by the authorities to serve the troops 3 meals per day.

 Headmen and community leaders were ordered to collect 600 Baht of =
(Thai)
money from every house to buy food and to provide labourers to cook and =
prepare the meals for the troops. The people not only had to provide =
money but also had to take turns and serve as cooks and servants.

 The main reason for particularly taking this security measure at this =
given time was, as expressed by the military authorities, to be on guard =
if something undesirable turned up on '9.9.99'.

 Using the '9.9.99' scenario as a pretext, the SPDC troops had extorted =
no less
than 600,000 Baht form the people and used continuous forced labour =
during the
6-day period.

 Furthermore, on 18-19.9.99, acting under the order of the military =
authorities
that they must be on alert on days that in some ways represented the =
number
'9', the SPDC troops ordered the people's militia of every village, =
together with dispatches of troops from LIB359, to stand guard from =
18:00 hrs to 07:00
hrs for 2 days.

 The troops ordered the villagers of the respective villages they were =
dispatched to to provide them with 3 meals on each day, requiring the =
villagers to collect 200 Baht from each house among themselves to buy =
food for the troops. The people's militia, however, were required to =
bring their own packages of meals from their homes. The villagers also =
had to provide smoking tobacco and insect repellant for the SPDC troops.

LAND CONFISCATION IN TA-KHI-LAEK

 In July 1999, SPDC troops of LIB526 confiscated land belonging to a =
villager,
Loong Saam, male, aged 49, of Hawng Lerk village, Hawng Lerk tract, =
Ta-Khi-Laek township.

 The confiscated lands, which included a plot of farm or garden and 2 =
patches
of rice fields, were said to have been given to the families of the =
soldiers to
use as their farms or gardens.

 The lands were worth, according to the estimate of the villagers in =
terms of
current market rates, as follows:

1. The farm or garden was worth     65,000 Baht
2. Each of the rice fields was worth     200,000 Baht
 Altogether, Loong Saam lost 465,000 Baht worth of land.

EXTORTION IN MURNG-PAENG

 On 27.9.99, SPDC troops of LIB528, in charge of the Salween bridge at =
Ta Kaw,
closed the bridge without any apparent reason and extorted money from =
the vehicles that wanted to cross over.

 The troops closed the bridge and said they would not let anyone pass =
through
on that day, causing 30-40 vehicles coming from Tawnggi and Kaeng-Tung =
to be
stranded on either side of the bridge. When the drivers asked about the =
reasons
for closing the bridge, the soldiers only said that it was an order from =
higher up.

 However, after keeping the vehicles waiting for more than 5 hours, and =
after a
lot of begging and urging from the drivers and travellers, the leader of =
the troops, commander Hla Kyaing, then said that whoever wanted to go =
would have to
pay 2,000 Kyat for each vehicle as a fee to pass the gate.

 After some more begging and bargaining, the vehicles were let through =
for 1,000 Kyat each. Many people were certain that the order had not =
come from higher up as claimed by the troops, but was one of their own =
schemes designed to line their own pockets.

PEOPLE FORCED TO PLANT TREES THAT WOULD NOT GROW IN MAWK-MAI

 In mid 1998, SPDC authorities in Mawk-Mai had forced the people to plan =
(acacia or siris) trees along several main roads in the township. Each =
house was responsible for planting 100 trees at designated places. The =
same incidents
were said to have taken place in several other townships in Shan State.

 It was the time for rice cultivation and the people were forced to =
plant the trees in a very urgent manner so that they had to neglect =
their own livelihood, causing the rice production to decline greatly =
because the people had to start cultivating rather late and could not =
look after their rice fields properly.

 The trees were of the kind that would grow large and would need a lot =
of space to prosper. But they were deliberately forced to be planted =
only about an elbow
or arm length away from one another and thus effectively hampering the =
growth of each other.

 The SPDC have been boasting to the international community that they =
have been protecting the environment in many ways and have planted =
hundreds of thousands of trees all over the country. In reality, they =
have planted the trees in such a way that they would not grow, using =
forced labour of the people and in many places intruded several feet =
into cultivated lands and fields of the people.=20

 Moreover, the people were forced to provide bamboo and make an =
enclosure for
each of the trees to prevent them from being trodden on by human and =
animals.
In many places, the enclosures had to be built in a particular shape =
with bamboo coiling around the trees which needed much more time than to =
plant the trees. All the while, the people had to use their own tools =
and provide their own food.

 The people are complaining about the ill intention of the SPDC =
authorities.
They say that if the SPDC really meant to beautify the country as they =
have claimed, they should have planted the trees in a proper way. But =
they did it only to boast to the world and do not care whether the trees =
really do any good to the environment or to the people.
=20
 Virtually all of the trees died, leaving the dry stems and bamboo =
pieces to litter the road sides. It would have been a bit satisfying for =
those who had to provide forced labour if some of the trees had stayed =
to bloom. It would at least save them from having to plant them again.

 But now what the people have to worry about is when they will be forced =
to plant the trees again. Many are quite sure that the time will =
certainly be when the SPDC need to show the world again that they are =
planting trees to protect the environment.
=20

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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><STRONG>FORCED LABOUR AND EXTORTION IN=20
MURNG-TON</STRONG>=20
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3><BR><STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG>Since=20
24.8.99, SPDC troops from IB65 stationed at Murng Harng camp =
have<BR>issued an=20
order requiring the people in the area to guard a rice farm belonging =
to<BR>the=20
military from being eaten by animals in Murng Harng tract, Murng-Ton=20
township.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;In early May =
1999, SPDC=20
troops at Murng Harng had ordered all the villagers to<BR>clear 20 acres =
of land=20
and cultivate rice for them. After the villagers had done all that was =
necessary=20
for a rice farm, the headman offered to build a fence around the farm to =
prevent=20
it from being destroyed by animals and to save the villagers the trouble =
of=20
having to guard it. But the commander of the troops, Maj Shwe Myint, =
said that=20
there was no need for a fence and he would assign 4-5 of his troops to =
guard it=20
every day.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;Over the next =
few months,=20
Shwe Myint had actually sent 4-5 of his troops to look after their rice =
farm.=20
However, the troops on guard often shot dead the villagers' cattle that =
roamed=20
close enough to be in their firing range and the owners, who had been =
forced to=20
identify themselves, were fined 3500-4000 Kyat on a charge of neglecting =
their=20
cattle. In addition to losing their cattle, the villagers had to pay =
fines for=20
offences they had not committed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;Now, the =
villagers are=20
being forced to guard and look after the rice farm all the time, =
requiring 4=20
persons at a time to stay at the farm for 1 day and 1 night. Moreover, =
the=20
villagers are warned that if any cattle happened to get into the farm, =
the=20
villagers on guard would be fined 2000 Kyat =
each.<BR><BR><STRONG>EXTORTION IN=20
MURNG-TON</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3><BR><STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG>Since=20
early September 1999, about 30 SPDC troops from LIB519 led by Capt Hla =
Hpe,=20
stationed at Naa Pa Kaao, Mae Ken tract, Murng-Ton township, have been =
catching=20
cattle which the villagers let graze in the nearby forests =
and<BR>demanding=20
500-600 Kyat for each head from the owners.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;On 7.9.99, 30 =
SPDC troops=20
from LIB519 led by Capt Hla Hpe came and stationed themselves at Naa Pa =
Kaao=20
village and patrolled the outlying areas of the village. The troops =
seized the=20
cattle they found outside the village and brought them back to the =
village and=20
demanded money from the owners for the service of bringing back their =
cattle=20
that had strayed too far from the village.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;If there were =
cattle with=20
no one to claim, they were brought and kept in the<BR>military base of =
LIB519=20
for a while and later taken to the town and sold to the<BR>butchers. =
Even though=20
the villagers knew very well that their cattle had not strayed but were =
only=20
grazing in the forests as usual, they had no choice but to pay the money =
instead=20
of losing their cattle altogether.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;There have =
been so far 11=20
cows and 8 buffalo for which their owners have had<BR>to pay money to =
the SPDC=20
troops to get back their own cattle, 500 Kyat for each<BR>cow and 600 =
Kyat for=20
each buffalo. Many villagers are said to be thinking of selling their =
cattle and=20
fleeing to some other places.<BR><BR><STRONG>SHOOTING OF CIVILIAN IN=20
TA-KHI-LAEK&nbsp;</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3><BR><STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG>On=20
11.9.99, a car driver, Sai Wan, aged 32, was shot at and wounded by=20
SPDC<BR>troops from LIB526 while his car was approaching a checkpoint at =
Nam Mae=20
Hok<BR>bridge in Ta-Khi-Leak township.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;At about =
22:00 hrs on that=20
day, 7 SPDC troops manning Nam Mae Hok bridge<BR>checkpoint shot at a =
car that=20
was coming steadily towards them without warning<BR>or asking anything. =
It was a=20
passenger car that ran between Murng Phong and<BR>Ta-Khi-Laek. The =
shooting=20
damaged the front lights and both front tyres of the<BR>car and wounded =
the=20
driver in the left shoulder.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;The next day, =
on 12.9.99,=20
at 9:00 hrs, when the driver went to the Township<BR>Peace and =
Development=20
Council Office and tried&nbsp; to lodge a complaint, he was<BR>taunted =
by the=20
authorities. They said, "That served you right. You might as<BR>well be =
dead,=20
why did you come so late at night?".&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;When the =
driver asked=20
whether it was fair to shoot at anyone they wanted to<BR>shoot without =
asking or=20
giving any warning, the answer was, "You know, they<BR>are soldiers with =
guns.=20
Who should they shoot, if not you?" After saying this, =
the<BR>authorities=20
refused to hear his complaint any further.<BR><BR><STRONG>FORCED LABOUR =
AND=20
EXTORTION IN TA-KHI-LAEK</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3><BR><STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG>From 7 to=20
12.9.99, SPDC troops from LIB359 forced the people of all the =
6<BR>quarters of=20
Ta-Khi-Laek to buy food and cook for them 3 meals per day.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;During the 6 =
days while=20
about 150 troops from LIB359 were taking security<BR>guarding several =
border=20
crossing points along the Nam Mae Sai stream that<BR>serves as the=20
Burma-Thailand border line, the people of Ta-Khi-Laek were =
being<BR>forced by=20
the authorities to serve the troops 3 meals per day.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;Headmen and =
community=20
leaders were ordered to collect 600 Baht of (Thai)<BR>money from every =
house to=20
buy food and to provide labourers to cook and prepare the meals for the =
troops.=20
The people not only had to provide money but also had to take turns and =
serve as=20
cooks and servants.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;The main =
reason for=20
particularly taking this security measure at this given time was, as =
expressed=20
by the military authorities, to be on guard if something undesirable =
turned up=20
on '9.9.99'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;Using the =
'9.9.99' scenario=20
as a pretext, the SPDC troops had extorted no less<BR>than 600,000 Baht =
form the=20
people and used continuous forced labour during the<BR>6-day=20
period.<BR><BR>&nbsp;Furthermore, on 18-19.9.99, acting under the order =
of the=20
military authorities<BR>that they must be on alert on days that in some =
ways=20
represented the number<BR>'9', the SPDC troops ordered the people's =
militia of=20
every village, together with dispatches of troops from LIB359, to stand =
guard=20
from 18:00 hrs to 07:00<BR>hrs for 2 days.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;The troops =
ordered the=20
villagers of the respective villages they were dispatched to to provide =
them=20
with 3 meals on each day, requiring the villagers to collect 200 Baht =
from each=20
house among themselves to buy food for the troops. The people's militia, =

however, were required to bring their own packages of meals from their =
homes.=20
The villagers also had to provide smoking tobacco and insect repellant =
for the=20
SPDC troops.<BR><BR><STRONG>LAND CONFISCATION IN=20
TA-KHI-LAEK</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3><BR><STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG>In July=20
1999, SPDC troops of LIB526 confiscated land belonging to a =
villager,<BR>Loong=20
Saam, male, aged 49, of Hawng Lerk village, Hawng Lerk tract, =
Ta-Khi-Laek=20
township.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;The =
confiscated lands,=20
which included a plot of farm or garden and 2 patches<BR>of rice fields, =
were=20
said to have been given to the families of the soldiers to<BR>use as =
their farms=20
or gardens.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;The lands =
were worth,=20
according to the estimate of the villagers in terms of<BR>current market =
rates,=20
as follows:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>1. The farm or =
garden was=20
worth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 65,000 Baht<BR>2. Each of the rice fields =
was=20
worth&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 200,000 Baht<BR>&nbsp;Altogether, Loong =
Saam lost=20
465,000 Baht worth of land.<BR><BR><STRONG>EXTORTION IN=20
MURNG-PAENG</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3><BR><STRONG>&nbsp;</STRONG>On=20
27.9.99, SPDC troops of LIB528, in charge of the Salween bridge at Ta=20
Kaw,<BR>closed the bridge without any apparent reason and extorted money =
from=20
the vehicles that wanted to cross over.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;The troops =
closed the=20
bridge and said they would not let anyone pass through<BR>on that day, =
causing=20
30-40 vehicles coming from Tawnggi and Kaeng-Tung to be<BR>stranded on =
either=20
side of the bridge. When the drivers asked about the reasons<BR>for =
closing the=20
bridge, the soldiers only said that it was an order from higher =
up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;However, =
after keeping the=20
vehicles waiting for more than 5 hours, and after a<BR>lot of begging =
and urging=20
from the drivers and travellers, the leader of the troops, commander Hla =
Kyaing,=20
then said that whoever wanted to go would have to<BR>pay 2,000 Kyat for =
each=20
vehicle as a fee to pass the gate.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;After some =
more begging and=20
bargaining, the vehicles were let through for 1,000 Kyat each. Many =
people were=20
certain that the order had not come from higher up as claimed by the =
troops, but=20
was one of their own schemes designed to line their own=20
pockets.<BR><BR><STRONG>PEOPLE FORCED TO PLANT TREES THAT WOULD NOT GROW =
IN=20
MAWK-MAI</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;In mid 1998, =
SPDC=20
authorities in Mawk-Mai had forced the people to plan (acacia or siris) =
trees=20
along several main roads in the township. Each house was responsible for =

planting 100 trees at designated places. The same incidents<BR>were said =
to have=20
taken place in several other townships in Shan State.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;It was the =
time for rice=20
cultivation and the people were forced to plant the trees in a very =
urgent=20
manner so that they had to neglect their own livelihood, causing the =
rice=20
production to decline greatly because the people had to start =
cultivating rather=20
late and could not look after their rice fields properly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;The trees =
were of the kind=20
that would grow large and would need a lot of space to prosper. But they =
were=20
deliberately forced to be planted only about an elbow<BR>or arm length =
away from=20
one another and thus effectively hampering the growth of each=20
other.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;The SPDC have =
been boasting=20
to the international community that they have been protecting the =
environment in=20
many ways and have planted hundreds of thousands of trees all over the =
country.=20
In reality, they have planted the trees in such a way that they would =
not grow,=20
using forced labour of the people and in many places intruded several =
feet into=20
cultivated lands and fields of the people.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;Moreover, the =
people were=20
forced to provide bamboo and make an enclosure for<BR>each of the trees =
to=20
prevent them from being trodden on by human and animals.<BR>In many =
places, the=20
enclosures had to be built in a particular shape with bamboo coiling =
around the=20
trees which needed much more time than to plant the trees. All the =
while, the=20
people had to use their own tools and provide their own =
food.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;The people =
are complaining=20
about the ill intention of the SPDC authorities.<BR>They say that if the =
SPDC=20
really meant to beautify the country as they have claimed, they should =
have=20
planted the trees in a proper way. But they did it only to boast to the =
world=20
and do not care whether the trees really do any good to the environment =
or to=20
the people.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;Virtually all of the=20
trees died, leaving the dry stems and bamboo pieces to litter the road =
sides. It=20
would have been a bit satisfying for those who had to provide forced =
labour if=20
some of the trees had stayed to bloom. It would at least save them from =
having=20
to plant them again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3><BR>&nbsp;But now what =
the people=20
have to worry about is when they will be forced to plant the trees =
again. Many=20
are quite sure that the time will certainly be when the SPDC need to =
show the=20
world again that they are planting trees to protect the=20
environment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=3Djustify><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D3>
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