Horrific scenes of MASS MURDERS, EHNIC CLEANSING of Shan people of Burma

rivaled only by that of the Kmer Rouge Crimes in Cambodia.

On one misty morning of February 2000, the machine gun fire suddenly rattled the silence of
a sleepy village. A laud-speaker then blasted at the villagers, 175 of them including women
children and elders, who were still in their night pajamas and half dazed, were forced to line
up in single files. The houses were searched to ensure nobody was left inside.

Before the frightened villagers could realize what was going on, the SPDC troops began
firing at point blank range killing all of the villagers. The houses were also set on fire. No one
knew in details, except a few who were lucky to escape from the horrified scene.

The murder scene of the deserted ghost village was left unattended for years for fear of
further reprisals until 2004 when rumors of a visit by an UN Envoy was in the air. The mass
grave was unearthed under strict security and protection by armed Shan State Army and the
compilation of the innocent victims, whilst massacred by the SPDC troops for no rhymes and
reasons, has just begun for more studies of this senseless atrocities.

While we seek help from international communities and UN experts for forensic studies
to determine the extent of these crimes against humanity in order that the culprits could
be punished accordingly. We also call on UN and all Western democracies to put
pressure to bear on SPDC to stop these atrocities against innocent and defenseless Shan
people that are ongoing with sheer impunity.

Victims of mass killings were individually identified by their correspondent relatives and
their remains put on show.

The relatives of the dead victims attended to the remains which were respectively salvaged
from the mass-grave
 Villagers with the remains of the dead victims in their show were queuing to report to the
authorities relating to their names, age and household address.

Scene of a typical fresh killing of an innocent male Shan villager and farmer

  
 Shan villagers in search of their dead relatives after the whole-sale destruction of the entire
village.

  

Shan villagers washing the remains of their dead relatives to be ready for identification
  
Shan Villagers listening to the instruction from local red-cross staff explain aim of recovering
and reporting the innocents.
Burma accused of Genocide
Nicholas Thompson is a senior editor at Legal Affairs.
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