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KNU Report March 21,1997



Human Rights Violations Update  March 21, 1997

Human Rights Violations have been increasing immensely in the KNU held
northern area since SLORC's offensive started earlier this month.

Toungoon district          On March 13, SLORC's battalions LIB 439, IB
53,IB73 and LIB 350 entered Hse Day area. On the same day columns from IB 53
and IB 73 burned all the cardamom plantations which is the only income source
of the local villagers. Farm huts and barns were also burned.

 On March 14, the same troops entered Yaw Kee area and shot dead a villager
named Eh Ta, age 25. Forests were also set on fire so that villagers and
resistance groups could not hide there. SLORC's general Maung Aye and Major
General Kyi Aung ordered their troops to shoot and kill men, women and
children found in the offensive area.

 On March 16, SLORC's columns from LIB 439,IB 53 and IB73 randomly shelled
Dweh Hse Day village, Baw Lay Der village and forests near by where they
thought villagers and resistance groups might be hiding.  

On March 17, SLORC's IB 35 took men, women and children from Kaw Thay Der
village and forced them to carry ration and ammunitions to the front lines
and to clear land mines. 

On March 18, a woman villager, Naw Kreh Kreh, age 24, stepped on a landmine
and was wounded. On the same day, 8 SLORC's army trucks arrived Zeyat Gyi
village and rounded up more villagers for porters and to clear landmines. 

On March 18, SLORC's IB 57 and 59 entered Naw Yo Hta village (Papun district)
and opened up fire at a farm hut which killed 5 villagers;Maw Reh Heh, age
30, Naw Hla Sein , age 26, Saw Joseph, age 22, Naw Paw Eh Wah, age 10, and
Saw Meh Nee Say,age 32.Then they burned down the hut and the dead bodies
inside. In the evening these SLORC soldiers killed the animals in the village
for their food. 






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