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Situation report



THE GOVERNMENT OF KARENNI
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND INFORMATION
KARENNI


News Release

Dec. 30, 1997
SPDC troops of IB No. 26 arrived at Daw Mu Say village, Soe Moe township on
Dec 4, 1997 and took villagers properties such as below:
one betel box (10%), 1silver bracelet (5%) 30,000 kyats currency, 190
baskets of paddy, 21 baskets of rice, 28 cooking pots, 11 knifes, 7
mattocks, 7 hoes and 2 sarongs.

Jan 25, 1998
Loi Kaw Central Prison authority issued order on Jan 20, 1998 to all
prisoner family to take completely necessity items and costs of prisoner
such foods, water, fuel, electricity, prison uniforms and broom every month.
Moreover, having paid 100 kyats for permission to see prisoner.

An order said that it shall be affect to all other local prison after
deadline of Jan 20, 1998 and any prisoner must be provided their labor in
military projects.

Jan 30, 1998
Loi Kaw regional central command ordered to all their local military
commander that in all village locating under their control areas must be
form village militia forces with village young men over the age of 15 years
for them village security and peace or to be a member of KNPA (a group
created by Slorc with former KNPP soldiers in Nov, 1996). If any of young
men refused to join those groups must be serve as porter for Slorc military
in necessary.

Thus, some young men trying to escape to several areas as traders else
seeing no choice. They have to keep living under tightening restriction as
well as having to get traveling permission paper from local militia forces
commander for their trips.

Jan 26, 1998
SPDC troops IB No. 72 led by Maj. Aung Zaw Oo stationed at Palong village
forcibly villagers to produce limes and charcoals every day for SPDC troops
to be raise their own military funds. Each family having to bring 36 inches
long firewood about 50 and carrying 3 tubs of water to military base every day.

Jan 26, 1998
Htee Sakar based SPDC troops of IB No. 54 commander ordered to all village
headmen in regions to take responsibility for their troops daily rations and
some villages having to bring their own planks for military camp
construction without value to military camp.

Jan 29, 1998
Lawpita base SPDC troops of IB No. 54 commander ordered village headmen of
Won Koo village and Law Lar Lee village that each family must be carrying
336 litters water to their Loi Kalan military base every day. Those
villagers have to walk 2 furlong far distance from their village. Moreover,
all villages locating in Mar Tawku region have received the order to make
fence for water pipeline security of Lawpita electricity power station. Each
person having to make 90 feets-long fence for that water pipeline protection.
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