This photo was taken on April 24th 2013 in H--- village, Noh Kay village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township by a community member trained by KHRG. It depicts the drug yaba in pill form after it has already been packaged for individual sale. According to the community member who spoke with villagers affected by the sale of this drug, members of the Border Guard Force (BGF) manufacture and sell the drug to many villages throughout T’Nay Hsah and Ta Kreh townships. The drug is also reported to be sold by some villagers in H--- village to supplement their income. The BGF person implicated in leading the production of yaba is Mya Khaing, the Commander of Battalion #1016, based in Kyeh Paw Ka La Kon army camp in Kyeh Paw village, while the yaba is manufactured on the T’Nay Hsah and Noh Hta Baw cliffs. In July 2012, a different villager from G--- village described that the drug is distributed and sold widely by family members of BGF soldiers and, as a result, other villagers have become afraid to sell the drug. [Photo: KHRG]
Photo Set | T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District (July 2012 to April 2013)
The following photos were taken by a villager in Hpa-an District who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights conditions. They are presented below, censored where necessary for security purposes. [1] The three photos below were received along with other information from Hpa-an District, including 532 additional photos and four video clips.[2]