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Incident Report: Forced labour in Thaton District, April 2012

Incident report | Hpa-an Township, Thaton District (April 2012)

The following incident report is presented below translated exactly as originally written, save for minor edits for clarity and security.[2]  This report was received along with other information from Thaton District, including four other incident reports, five interviews, one situation update and 139 photographs.[3] 

Part 1 – Incident details

Type of Incident
Type of Incident
Clearing bushes in rubber and teak plantations
Clearing bushes in rubber and teak plantations
Type of Incident
Date of Incident(s)
Clearing bushes in rubber and teak plantations
April 24th 2012
Type of Incident
Incident Location (Village, Township and District)
Clearing bushes in rubber and teak plantations
T--- village, Ha T'Reh village tract, Meh K'Na village tract, Hpa-an Township
Type of Incident
Clearing bushes in rubber and teak plantations
Date of Incident(s)
April 24th 2012
Incident Location (Village, Township and District)
T--- village, Ha T'Reh village tract, Meh K'Na village tract, Hpa-an Township

 

Victim Information
Victim Information
Victim Information
Name
Age
Sex
Nationality
Family
Occupation
Religion
Position
Village
Victim Information
Saw B---
38
Male
Karen
6 children (eldest child, 12 years, youngest child, 3 months)
Farmer
Buddhist
Village chairman
W--- village
Victim Information
Name
Age
Sex
Nationality
Family
Occupation
Religion
Position
Village
Saw B---
38
Male
Karen
6 children (eldest child, 12 years, youngest child, 3 months)
Farmer
Buddhist
Village chairman
W--- village

 

Perpetrator information
Perpetrator information
Perpetrator information
Name
Rank
Unit
Based at
Commander's Name
Perpetrator information
Thaw Ma Na
Company second-in-command
Battalion #1014
Law Pu village
Myint Way
Perpetrator information
Tin Win
Company Commander
 
 
 
Perpetrator information
Thein Lay Myaing Company
 
 
 
 
Perpetrator information
Name
Rank
Unit
Based at
Commander's Name
Thaw Ma Na
Company second-in-command
Battalion #1014
Law Pu village
Myint Way
Tin Win
Company Commander
     
Thein Lay Myaing Company
       

 

Part 2 - Information Quality

1. Explain the specific manner in which you collected this information.
1. Explain the specific manner in which you collected this information.
1. Explain the specific manner in which you collected this information.
For this information, I went and interviewed the W--- village leader, Saw B---, in T--- village on June 4th 2012. While I was asking the questions, he told me about how the company[4]  and the Border Guard came in and confiscated 500 acres of land for plantations, and they forced the villagers to go and clear the bushes for them. They required each house to go and work for three weeks without any wages.
1. Explain the specific manner in which you collected this information.
For this information, I went and interviewed the W--- village leader, Saw B---, in T--- village on June 4th 2012. While I was asking the questions, he told me about how the company[4]  and the Border Guard came in and confiscated 500 acres of land for plantations, and they forced the villagers to go and clear the bushes for them. They required each house to go and work for three weeks without any wages.

 

2. Explain how the source verified information accuracy.
2. Explain how the source verified information accuracy.
2. Explain how the source verified information accuracy.
Saw B--- and Naw S--- reported this, because the villagers from T---, W---, V--- and X--- villages had to go and work for the company and the Border Guard #1014, but they did not get any wages. Additionally, they had to bring their own food and their own equipment.
2. Explain how the source verified information accuracy.
Saw B--- and Naw S--- reported this, because the villagers from T---, W---, V--- and X--- villages had to go and work for the company and the Border Guard #1014, but they did not get any wages. Additionally, they had to bring their own food and their own equipment.