Forced labor being gear up on Karenni people

Forced labor being gear up on Karenni people
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Kantarawaddy Tiimes

The Burmese military has ordered Karenni people to chop 200 bamboos for the military camp on the early of December in Deemawso Township, the resident said...

The Burmese military has ordered Karenni people to chop 200 bamboos for the military camp on the early of December in Deemawso Township, the resident said.

Karenni villagers from Loilay, Loikaw Township chop woods and carry with oxcart to the LIB 530 this yearThe Burmese military Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 102 based in Hteepoekaloe, Dawlyakhu, Dawbyarku, Dawlawkhu, Htaysetkaloe, Dawtada and Prelyar villages ordered to chop 30 bamboos in each village.

The official date ordered the Karenni people end on December 1 and 2, according to a senior Shan officer who requested anonymity.

Residents in Deemawso speculated that the Burmese junta was beefing up their camp security to the fear of attacking by the Karenni Army, while villagers are ordered chopping bamboos and bringing to the military camp by themselves.

Meanwhile, the Burmese junta reportedly forced residents to work on a fence projects and rebuild camp when the absence villagers are threaten to be punished.

Burma Nine, a spoken person of Karenni Social Development Centre (KSWDC), said “If villagers are providing late in the deadline of imposed to chop bamboos, they will be ordered twice a previous one. If not, they have to feeds the Burmese troops such as giving rice, pets and foods.”

A villager elder said that in some areas, one man from household has required to chop woods, while also supplying water.