Far from indicating a shift away from utilizing forced labor, much less a cessation of this practice, ERI?s interviews demonstrate that the authorities? use of forced labor continues through the present. The following statements are all drawn from these interviews: "Just three days before I came to Thailand, I had to fence their [the military?s] camp" (Interview #11); "We had to go to fence the military base once a month" (Interview #32); "Every month we have to go and work for the soldiers more than ten days, and sometimes it was almost the whole month" (Interview #2); "Every five days, two villagers in our village tract had to go by rotation [to accompany soldiers]" (Interview #38). Several interviews suggest, however, that the authorities are attempting to alter in name what they refuse to reform in practice: "Starting in November 2000... the District Peace Development Council has ordered the villagers to call porters ?helpers? and if people still call ?helpers? porters, they will punish them" (Interview #6); "According to the villagers, there is no ?porter[ing]? now, but [the military] calls it by another name. This time they ask for ?A-Ku-A-Nyi,? which means ?helper.? That means a villager has to go with them for give days as a guide, and they ask for it all the time" (Interview #28). The enclosed interviews were conducted by ERI or by people from Burma who received prior training from ERI on how to conduct interviews. Due to security concerns and our own confidentiality policies, identifying information in the interviews has been redacted. We have given the township names to provide the location of incidences of forced labor and other human rights abuses. We have excluded people?s names, but if this information is needed please contact us. In sum, it is clear that use of forced labor, including portering, has not stopped in areas where we have been able to collect information. ERI will continue to monitor the situation and send information as it is received.