According to reports from central Shan State, a dumb Shan young woman was raped by Burmese soldiers in Mong Nang tract, Mong Naung sub-township, Kehsi Township.
This event on 27 November took place when three Burmese soldiers from Mong Nang, where infantry Battalion was stationed, visited Wan Na village.
The three soldiers came into the village at 4p.m and asked for chilies. When they were given, they didn't take them. Finally, they reached Loong Naling and Pa Kham's house. "As soon as they saw the girl who was sitting outside, they went to her and raped her," said a resident of Mong Nang.
The victim, Nang Shwe Sein, is 24 years old. After the soldiers fled, her relatives and the villagers went to her house and asked her what happened.
One of her relatives said that she tried to shout when she was raped but her voice wouldn't come out. As her voice could not come out, her uncle and aunt, Loong Hsang Sai and Nang Mant couldn't hear her. "Finally, as she shouted with all her might and her voice came out. When we went stairs up to take a look, the three soldiers ran away," she said.
While they were launching an offensive on the Shan State Army, SSPP/SSA, the commander of the Burmese forces who was formerly Northeast Region Commander, permitted his soldiers to kill males and to rape females, according to the residents.
Now, reports of soldiers raping young women are still being received even though the Burmese government and ethnic armies are said to be holding peace talks.
