PHOTO SET 2005-A: Flight and Displacement Part-C
Photos # 10-174, 10-175, 10-176, 10-177, 10-178, 10-179, 10-180, 10-181: Villagers fleeing forced relocation in Kya In township, Dooplaya District in mid-2002. On February 24 th , SPDC IB #78, IB #77, and LIB #83 ordered all villages in Ta Gu Kee area to move to Meh T'Kreh and said they would shoot on sight anyone who remained. Between April 27 th and May 12 th , troops from SPDC LIB #301, LIB #416, and IB #78 entered Tee Th'Blu, Kaw Keh, Tee P'Nweh, Paw Ner Mu, Done P'Loung, and Tee Khaing villages, ordered the villagers out without specifying a destination, and burned their houses, schools, churches and food supplies. As a result, hundreds of villagers fled to Noh Po refugee camp in Thailand. Photos 10-174 through 10-177 show them heading for the Thai border in late May and early June 2002. Photo 10-178 shows a group that had just arrived at the refugee camp in late May. Photo 10-179 shows Naw H--- and her family; when IB #78 ordered their village of Tee Law P'Leh to move within 4 days to Lay Wah Kah on April 27 th , they obeyed, but after two weeks doing forced labour every day and without proper shelter, food or medical help at the relocation site, they fled to Thailand in mid-June. After three months at a relocation site, Saw P--- and his family ( photo 10-180 ) also fled in mid-June, saying there was no way of surviving at the site and they were forced to work constantly for the Army. Naw P---, 23 ( photo 10-181 ), fled with her baby in June after two weeks at Meh T'Kreh relocation site for the same reasons. [Photos: KHRG researcher]