Description:
"On October 1, 2018, at about 6 pm, a 34-year-old farmer riding a motorcycle was shot and killed by a patrol of Burma Army troops from LIB 504 in Kyaukme township, northern Shan State, close to China?s trans-Burma oil and gas pipelines.
The farmer, Sai Ai Htun, from Nawng Arng village, about 10 miles east of Kyaukme town, was on his way to his hill farm, when he saw a group of about 15 Burma Army soldiers from Hsipaw-based LIB 504 patrolling near the entrance of his farm. Fearful of meeting them, he turned his motorbike around and began riding away. The troops called out to him to stop, and shot after him. A bullet entered his back and killed him..."
Source/publisher:
Shan Human Rights Foundation
Date of Publication:
2018-10-16
Date of entry:
2018-10-17
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
- Human Rights
- Discrimination
- Race or Ethnicity: Discrimination based on
- Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations
- Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against specific groups
- Discrimination against the Shan -- Shan Human Rights Foundation
- Shan Human Rights Foundation Monthly Reports
Language:
English