Hpapun Incident Report: Forced labour and violent abuse in Bu Tho Township, January 2014

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This Incident Report describes events occurring in Bu Tho Township, Hpapun District, including forced labour and violent abuse committed against villagers, by Saw Tha Beh, 2nd Lieutenant of Border Guard Force (BGF) Battalion #1014, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Maung Chit: 2nd Lieutenant Saw Tha Beh, of the BGF, setup military and logging camps around three villages, and forced villagers to transport wood using their ox-carts and cars, without pay... Villagers who refused to participate were verbally abused and beaten; in response a number of them fled to other villages in the area.

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Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)

Date of Publication: 

2014-08-28

Date of entry: 

2014-12-05

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English

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