"The Mon Forum" No. 12/2006 (December 2006)

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Burmese battalion continues to torture southern Mon people; SPDC?s Militarization Policy and Impact on Mon People; Burmese Army confiscates land, farmers pay to work it; Two Crops Causes Debt Cycle For Farmers; Paddy Prices Soar... Growing Use of Forced Labor and Illegal Taxation In Ye Township. I. Background...II. SPDC Taxation Strategy and Forced Labor... III. Problems with Current Growing Forced Labor and Taxes; Taxation: A. Travel Document Tax; B. Orchard Tax; Map of Southern Ye Township and Easten Ye, Mon State; Forced Labour: A. Forced Recruitment For Militia Training; B. Forced Guarding of Villages; C. Forced Cultivation of Physic Nut Trees; D. Road Construction...IV. Forced Labor in Ethnic Areas and Livelihoods.

Source/publisher: 

Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM)

Date of Publication: 

2006-12-31

Date of entry: 

2007-01-24

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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