Type of Incident

Date of Incident(s)

March 9th, 2015

Incident Location

(Village, Township and District)

Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District

Victim Information

Name

Saw E---

Age

16

Sex

Male

Nationality

Karen

Family   

Single

Occupation

-        

Religion

Christian

Position

Villager

Village

M--- Village, Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District

Perpetrator Information

Name(s)              

Rank

Unit

Base

Commander’s Name

Myint Lwin

Chief of Police

Unknown

Thandaunggyi Town, Karen state [Toungoo District].

Township Chief of Police U Htway Win

1. Explain in detail how you collected this information.

General Ar Lel from KNLA [Karen National Liberation Army] Brigade 2, Battalion #5, phoned me [regarding the case] and I went to get the information.

2. Explain how the source verified this information.

The information was given to me by the victim himself along with the evidence and it is correct. 

Describe the Incident(s) in complete detail. For each incident, be sure to include 1) when the incident happened, 2) where it happened, 3) what happened, 4) how it happened, 5) who was involved, and 6) why it happened. Also describe any villager response(s) to the incident, the aftermath and the current living situation of the victims. Please use the space prepared below, and create an attachment if needed.

Saw E---, who lives in M--- village, Thandaunggyi Township, Toungoo District, was accidently shot by his own musket that he was carrying, after he slipped and fell when he was going to the plantation to work for his family’s livelihood, and his abdomen was hit. So, he was brought to Thandaunggyi Hospital to be treated but when he arrived at the hospital, the hospital staff did not take care of him but called the police. They did not treat him and told him to go to Toungoo Hospital. They [the staff at Thandaunggyi Hospital] said that his wound was caused by a gun so they did not treat him and handed over the case to the police. Later the next day, the patient’s family had to send him to Toungoo Hospital. After the hospitalisation, when they came back, U Myint Lwin, Thandaunggyi Chief of Police, called the patient’s father and said that: “The patient’s wound was caused by a gun and therefore the case has to be reported to the police. If you do not want the case to be investigated, you have to give me 200,000 kyat[3] (US $154.7) and I will shut down the case.” But the patient’s parents are poor and could not give him the money and the officer asked for the money by threatening them in many ways. But, they could not give him the money and the officer told the patient’s father that the patient’s father had to go to Hpa-an from Thandaunggyi, and the officer brought him there and he had to give money for the travelling costs of the officer. When they arrived in Hpa-an, the police officer ordered the patient’s father to report the case of his son being shot by a gun. The Hpa-an District police station started an investigation into the case under section 399.[4] The reason for investigating the case was that the victims could not pay the 200,000 kyat (US $154.7) that U Myint Lwin had asked for.

Did the victim(s) provide permission to use this information? Explain how that permission was provided.

The interviewee allowed KHRG to use the information as needed.