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FBR REPORT: Burma Army Restricts Movements of Villagers as They Build New Dam
and Camps in Nyaunglebin District
Karen State, Burma
24 March, 2011

In This Report
The following report describes Burma Army human rights abuses during the building of dam and army
camps in Ler Doh township, Nyaunglebin District, northwestern Karen State. Furthermore, the report
documents Burma Army human rights abuses since December 2010 in Mone Township, also Nyaunglebin
District. The information for this report was collected by an FBR relief team leader who works and lives in the
area.

Local
economy
suffers as
Burma
Army builds
dam on the
Bawgata
River, Ler
Doh
Township
In preparation
for the building
of a new dam
on the Bawgata
River, the
Burma Army
has moved over
2,000 troops
into Nyaunglebin
District. The
Burma Army are
building new
camps and
sending
supplies of food
by the use of
trucks, horses
and forced labor
from the
villagers in the
area. In addition
to this, they

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have also
restricted
movement
between the
plains and
mountain areas,
preventing
villagers from
selling goods
and accessing
wood for
buildings and for
the work on
their farms. If
built, the dam Map showing area of report
will flood
villagers' farms and prevent travel between the plains and mountain areas.

Burma Army using forced labor in the building of new army camps in Ler Doh
Township
On December 27 2010 Burma Army division 101 entered into Nyaunglebin District. Already in the area are Burma
Army MOC 10 and MOC 16 who have been in Nyaunglebin District since January 2010. The Burma Army is
currently building 2 new camps in Hsaw Hti Township at Klaw Pa Hta and Tha Seik. Over 400 trucks and more
than 200 horses have been carrying food from IB 60 headquarters at Tha Boh to these two camps as well as
camps further to the east. For the building of Klaw Pa Hta camp, villagers from Baw Ka Hta, Min Lah Tha Seik,
Kaw Tha Say, Pa Day Kaw, Hswe Tee, and Ma Pi have been forced to carry supplies and to gather wood and
bamboo.
The Burma Army has ordered people in villages in the plains not to leave the vicinity of their village. The villagers
have been told that any people found by Burma Army patrols to be travelling into the mountain areas will be shot.

Human rights abuse in Mone Township from December 2010 to February 2011
On 7/1/2011 BA IB 48 forced ten Tha Pyi Nyut villagers to stay with the police at Tha Pyi Nyut police station.
On 8/1/2011, ten BA military trucks with 300 soldiers and 70 horses arrived at Tha Pyi Nyut. BA then forced Tha
Pyi Nyut and Kyauk Kyi Pauk Village to send people and 200 bullock carts to bring food from Tha Pyi Naut
Village to Play Hsa Lo Camp. Following this, on 9/1/2011 IB 48 forced Tha Pyi Naut Village to send more people
and another 140 bullock carts and villagers to transport food to Hti Mu Hta Camp.
On 10/1/2011 BA captured the two Tha Pyi Naut villagers Maung Ser and Kyaw Lwin. In addition, the next day
another two Tha Pyi Naut villagers were captured – Saw Hsi and Saw Maung Wah – who were then sent to the
LIB 590 headquarters at Ye Oo Zin Village.
On 12/1/2011 BA LIB 599 and 590 forced villages to send people and bullock carts to transport food for Maw Ner
BA Camp. Nyaung Bin Tha Village were forced to send 29 bullock carts, Mone Village forced to send 36 bullock
carts, Thaw Lei 26 bullock carts, Mi Tai Taw 22 bullock carts and Myau Twin 15 bullock carts. At the same time
BA ordered village leaders of Myaung Oo, Por Pi Dor, Aung Chan Tha, Mi Tai Taw and Tee To Lo Villages to
follow them to Maw Ner Camp.
On 20/1/2011 BA MOC 10 captured two villagers. Naw Wah Htoo from Kgopu Village and Naw Lah from Aung
Soe Moe Village. On 28/1/2011 the two women were sent to Ler Doh police station.
On 26/1/2011 BA MOC 16 forced 30 Yulo villagers to transport food from Lay Day to Play Hsa Lo Camp. On the
next day, 27/1/2011, BA forced 30 Yulo and 30 Kamulo villagers to again move food from Lay Day to Play Hsa Lo
Camp.
On 28/1/11 BA MOC 16 TOC commander Tin Hla Oo forced villages to provide people and – in total – 150
bullock carts to cut down the trees and clean the road from Mone to Kyauk Kyi. The villages were from plain area
zone 5 and 6. The plain area zone 5 villages were Myet Ye, Tai Bin, Poe Thaung Su, Nge Htwe Su, Don Don,
Thit Chat Seik, Nge Luak Htek, Kyaung Bya and Lae Pa. The plain area zone 6 villages were Yan Myo Aung,
Naung Kon, Yin Tai Kon, Yele, Htwa Ni Kon, U Chit Kon and U Pin Su. Then on 1/2/11 MOC 16 TOC commander
Tin Hla Oo forced Kyaung Bya Village to send villagers and 30 bullock carts to transport food to Hti Ler Baw Hta
Camp. Finally, on 6/2/11 Tin Hla Oo ordered LIB 599 Aung Law Sein Camp commander Hla Min to extort
600,000 kyat from Tat Kon Village, 450,000 kyat from Naung Bo Village and 450,000 from Kyo Bin Seik Village.
These amounts were needed to rent trucks to send food to Hti Ler Baw Hta Camp.

FBR teams continue their work

Nyaunglebin District is a frontline area of the civil war between the Burma Army and the pro-democracy Karen
National Union. FBR teams in the area are following the situation closely, while we continue to provide medical

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assistance to the people in need.

Thank you and may God bless you –

FBR, Nyaunglebin District

The Free Burma Rangers’ (FBR) mission is to provide hope, help and love to internally displaced people inside
Burma, regardless of ethnicity or religion. Using a network of indigenous field teams, FBR reports on human rights
abuses, casualties and the humanitarian needs of people who are under the oppression of the Burma Army. FBR
provides medical, spiritual and educational resources for IDP communities as they struggle to survive Burmese
military attacks.

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