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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictA semi-permanent settlement near Tee Thu Kee[Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictLer Wah villagers; they have lived in homes like this in the forest for over 10 years already. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictVillagers in Tee Thu Kee; though they have been based here for years, the house is still temporary[Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictThis was taken on October 1, with the SPDC in occupation of the former KNLA camp on the low hill to the right. In the centre beside the river are the abandoned houses of Kwih Lah village; to the west behind the village are some of their ricefields. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictDefensive trenches dug by SPDC soldiers; they destroyed their bunkers (foreground) before withdrawing.[Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictA destroyed house in Kwih Lah village. SPDC soldiers stripped the walls and roof, and partly smashed the bamboo floor. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictThe house of these Kwih Lah children was damaged by a mortar shell fired by the advancing SPDC troops, but they had already fled. Now back in their house, they run a daily risk of stepping on landmines left by the SPDC troops and not yet cleared. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictWinnowing trays and a water tin belonging to Kwih Lah villagers which were deliberately slashed and punctured with knives by SPDC troops on their arrival. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictOne of the forward shelters set up on a steep hillside by the village men so they could watch for SPDC movements. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictA family taking refuge in one of the shelters built higher in the hills, October 2005. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictThough they had rice, the villagers had to live on the ground and the rains continued until November, making them more vulnerable to malaria, diarrhoea and other illnesses. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictWeaving thatch for a shelter. Villagers in this area are used to setting up quickly in the forest. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictA group of school students from the villages returns to their families' hiding place after retrieving rice supplies from their hidden paddy storage barns.[Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictNaw W--- is probably in her 70s but has no surviving children to care for her. Here she brings some of her rice and a small pig to the hiding site after managing to retrieve them from her house. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictKNLA landmines distributed to villagers in case the SPDC forces pursued them across the Shwegyin River. The mines contain explosive, pellets and a small battery encased in bamboo; the raised splint of bamboo is the trigger. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictNote left by withdrawing SPDC troops: "Let peace prevail throughout this greater area. The Whole Tatmadaw." [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictA foxhole and defensive firing position dug by SPDC troops, who carved in this tree: "23-9-05 / TOC[Tactical Operations Command] 332 / La [Infantry Battalion] 4 / Ma [Light Infantry Battalion] 12".[Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictPapers and equipment left behind by the withdrawing SPDC force, including a Lance Corporal's uniform shirt from Infantry Battalion #4, Division 33, and a Burmese-made MA-3 assault rifle.[Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictKwih Lah villagers who have returned from the hills but not to their homes; in mid-November they were staying in these shelters just east of the Shwegyin River because their homes, which lie on the western bank, may still be mined. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictMore Kwih Lah villagers who cannot return home for fear of mines. Their parents are out in the fields, rushing to bring in the harvest. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictA Tee Thu Kee villager brings in her harvest after returning. Note the bushes and weeds among the crop. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictThe harvest must also be dried and threshed for storage as quickly as possible, particularly as no one is sure if the SPDC columns will return. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictThough in school uniform, this Ler Wah schoolgirl cannot go back to school yet because she has to watch over her younger siblings while her parents complete the harvest. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictSchoolchildren back from their temporary displacement gather in front of the dorm for orphans and children from distant villages, ready to begin school again. [Photo: KHRG]
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Location:Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) DistrictLer Wah primary school, which the SPDC forces were unable to destroy as it lies east of the Shwegyin River. [Photo: KHRG]
GALLERY INFORMATION:
- 25 total of photos.
- Last update: 21 May 2017
- Nyaunglebin (Kler Lwee Htoo) District
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