"Even though they have a sign in our village [Ye Pyu Township] that there will be no forced labor or portering in our village, we still have to do forced labor. ...[The army officials] told us that if people ask you about it, don?t tell them that we are forcing you to do it, but that we are just asking you to help do it." (Page 25) "This report was published on the heels of the International Labour Organization?s visit to Burma to investigate the continuing forced labor and the military regimes compliance with its calls to end the practice. The report documents the widespread continuance of forced labor and the regime?s attempts to hide the practice from the ILO?s view. For the report, EarthRights International staff interviewed many Karen, Tavoyan and Shan victims in Shan State and Tenasserim Division over the past year..."