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News Release by KNU No.2/98



           News Release by KNU No. 2/98 Regarding the Atrocities 
                              of the SPDC Troops.

Thaton Township. 				          Date: January 23, 1998

On 12-1-98: the SPDC troops LIB (540) led by 2nd battalion commander Kyi
Win entered Dun Doe village and burned down 3 huts at a cardamom field
belonged to Saw Klu Htoo, Saw See Pat, and Saw Say Kai by saying that the
place was a hideout of the KNU soldiers. Kyats 150,000 worth of rice was
destroyed. Rice, fishpaste, salt, pigs, chickens and other belongings of
the villagers were taken by the troops. They had also arbitrary arrested
Saw Kwa, accusing him as a KNU and Severely beaten him.

Hta ta-pin Township.

On 14-1-98: the SPDC troops LIB 718 had shot several rounds of ammunitions
into Klay Soe kee village while traveling from the main road, creating
confusion in the village and all the villagers fled for their safety. The
troops then entered the village and took all the possessions of the
villagers in the houses.
	The same SPDC battalion had also taken 4 persons, a man, a woman and their
two children, a girl and a boy, along with them while traveling from Naw
Soe village to Clay Soe Kee village. They later killed the man and his son.

Tactical operation no.(2) commander Thein Maung, LIB 707 battalion
commander Aung Hay Mya and LB 39 Battalion commander Oo Myo Lwin had
forcefully taken 2 cars belonged to Naw Ma Ma of Kaw Thay Dun village and
Saw Maung Htoe of Kler Lar village to carry military supplies for more than
one month without releasing them up to this date. 

On 16-1-98: LB 39 battalion commander Oo Myo Lwin and Tactical operation no
(2) commander Thein Maung had taken 2 cars belonged to Saw Lu Bway Doe and
Saw Lah yu and asked them to carry food supplies for the troops for 2 days
without any payment to the cars owner.

On 17-1-98: the troops had once again taken Saw Ta Plei's car and asked him
to carry rice for the troops to Kaw Thay Dun village.

On 19-1-98: the same SPDC troops had forcefully taken several cars belonged
to the villagers and asked them to carry military and food supplies for the
troops. They had to transport military equipment, arms and ammunitions,
food supplies without rest and it was reported that the troops would only
release the cars after they had transported all the supplies for the troops.

On 17-1-98: the SPDC troops LIB 710 battalion commander Thein Lwin and LB
39 battalion commander Oo Myo Lwin had arrested the villagers of Kler Lar
and forced them to carry military supplies for the troops as porters
without releasing them up to this date.
	They did not feed the villagers enough food, but gave them heavy load to
carry, as a result some of the villagers tried to escape and went back to
their village. Knowing that the villagers had escaped, battalion commander
Thein Tun and Myo Lwin went to Kler Lar village and demanded money from the
village chief Kyats 400,000 as fine.

The SPDC troops had repeatedly demanded foods, money and other things from
the villagers in Kaw Thay Dun and Kler Lar villages.

In the plain areas of Hta ta-pin township the SPDC troops had demanded 12
baskets of rice for one acre of farmland which is commonly known as "Ta W0e
Kyay", fulfillment of duty. The troops also gave all kinds of trouble to
those who cannot pay the so-called "fulfillment of duty" and closed down
all the rice mill owned by the villagers. The people are not allowed to
transport rice to Toungoo and if they do so the troops took all the rice
from them.

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