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 FBR REPORT: Three villagers killed and 500 new IDPs forced to flee homes as Burma Armylaunches attacks in Northern Karen State
Karen State, Burma9 July, 2009 KEY DEVELOPMENTS 
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 New Burma Army attacks in Mone Township, Nyaunglebin District, northern KarenState, have forced over 500 villagers to hide in the jungle and has left three men dead.
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Landmine Kills Young Villager in Toungoo District 
Children fleeing the most recent attacks in Mone Township. July, 2009
New Burma Army attacks in Mone Township, NyaunglebinDistrict, northern Karen State, have forced over 500 villagersto hide in the jungle and has left three men dead.
On July 7 the FBR team in the area reported that the 500 villagers who were now in hiding had not been able to carry enough food and were facing shortages. They also said that heavy rain meantchildren were facing health problems and becoming sick. The team is giving medical treatment tothe IDPs as well as giving them what clothing and shelter they can. The continuing attacks meanthe IDPs must remain hiding in difficult conditions. Villagers remain constantly prepared to flee,and will continue hiding until Burma Army troops return to their camps and local resistancesoldiers are able to clear landmines.The build up to the attacks began in early June when the Burma Army began forcing villagers inthe area to provide recruits or pay fines of up to 300,000 kyats (about US$250).By mid June Light Infantry Battalions (LIBs) 351 and 599 (a total of about 150 soldiers) increased patrols on the road linking Kyauk Kyi and Mone and began the rebuilding of the road. The BurmaArmy shot dead Saw Maung Nyut, 48, from Paw Pi Dor village, north west Karen State on June 9at 9am.
 
Map showing area of report. July, 2009
On that day, Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion 590 (an LIB is about 130 soldiers) went intoPaw Pi Dor village with Saw Pa Lo from Paw Pi Dor and Maung Maung from Aung Chan Thavillage who had been captured on March 5. The Burma Army told villagers not to leave the villageand shot Saw Maung Nyut when they saw him as they were leaving the village on patrol. Paw PiDor is in Mone Township, Nyaunglebin District.
 
Villager gathers belongings and prepares to flee Burma army attacks in Mone Township. July, 2009.
The following day the Burma Army Infantry Battalion 53 led by Min Thu went into the villageagain and told them they were not allowed to leave the village to work on their fields. On June 12the Burma Army expanded their camp at the village and forced villagers from Paw Pi Dor andAung Chan Tha to build it. On June 12 the Burma Army forced Htee To Lo villagers to expandtheir camp in their village. LIB 590 has also begun work on new camps at Htee Lu Lor and KweePay as a base for operations in Mone Township.On June 30, troops from LIB 590 captured Myaung Oo villagers Tin Aye and Maung Aye andforced them to guide them in their attacks on the villagers. On July 1 LIBs 351 and 599 (about 100men in total) ordered villager Saw Par Lo to follow them to Min Tai and on July 2 they killed himat Min Tai and returned to Paw Pi Dor village. A villager named Maung Maung was killed on June14 by soldiers from LIB 590 at Kwey Thay Myaung.On July 3 the Burma Army sent two more battalions (more than 100 men) to Kyauk Kyi to dofurther operations in Mone Township. On July 3 LIB 590 captured Myaung Oo villager Than Ooand Aung Chan Tha villager Pyu Kyai and forced them to guide them in their attacks.On July 4 the Burma Army along with the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA - a proxyforce that fights alongside the Burma Army) went to Htee Law Plo and Kaw Soe, meaning villagersfrom Ti Ko, Saw Kar Dor, Klaw Ki and Hti Lu Baw Hta and Nya Mu Ke, Ka Pa Hta, Na Hti Ko,Tanata and Nwa Lay Ko respectively could not leave to tend their farms. The following dayvillagers from Myaung Oo, Aung Chan Tha, Paw Pi Dor, Htee To Lo, Si Bin Tha, Mee Tai Taw andMae Sa Li Kon were only allowed to work from 6am to 6pm and told if they were seen in their fields outside those times they would kill them.
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