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Karen Human Rights Group
These photos were taken by an A--- villager on November 20 th 2013 in B--- village, K’Ter Tee village tract, Dwe
Lo Township, Hpapun District/Northeastern Kayin State. The first photo shows the entrance gate of BGF Battalion
#1013’s army camp with its military symbol. The signboard reads, “No. 1013 Border Guard Force, B--- village.”
According to a KHRG researcher who met with the A--- villager, the BGF battalion confiscated 135 acres of
villagers’ land, including villagers’ rubber plantations, cashew plantations, and farms. There are 75 buildings in
BGF Battalion #1013’s army camp, with construction of the buildings almost complete. The landowners could not
do anything to protect their land from being confiscated as they had already mistakenly signed documents and
accepted compensation for their land from the BGF battalion and the Green Hill Company, a domestic corporation.
[Photos: KHRG]
The above photo was taken by a KHRG researcher on
January 29 th 2014 in Meh Klaw village tract, Bu Tho
Township, Hpapun District/Northeastern Kayin State.
The photo depicts a farm that Tatmadaw LIB #340
confiscated from villagers. The photo shows the paddy
field that LIB #340 planted during the rainy season, as
well as the targets used for target practice by IB #19 and
LIBs #340, #341, and #434. [Photo: KHRG]
The above photo was taken by a KHRG researcher in E-
-- village, Meh Klaw village tract, Bu Tho Township,
Hpapun District/Northeastern Kayin State, on July 21 st
2014. The photo shows land that was confiscated from
villagers by Tatmadaw LIB #434. After they confiscated
the land, the battalion was unable to work on it and so
leased it to other people. However, the leasing fees were
too high, so villagers who work the land are no longer
required to pay any tax. Instead, villagers are allowed to
work the land if they also help on the battalions own
plots, ensuring that the land does not remain empty.
[Photo: KHRG]
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