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]
Type of Incident
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Clearing bushes in rubber and teak plantations
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Date of Incident(s)
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April 24th 2012
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Incident Location (Village, Township and District)
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T--- village, Ha T'Reh village tract, Meh K'Na village tract, Hpa-an Township
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Victim Information
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Name
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Age
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Sex
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Nationality
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Family
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Occupation
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Religion
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Position
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Village
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Saw B---
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38
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Male
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Karen
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6 children (eldest child, 12 years, youngest child, 3 months)
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Farmer
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Buddhist
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Village chairman
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W--- village
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Perpetrator information
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Name
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Rank
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Unit
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Based at
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Commander's Name
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Thaw Ma Na
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Company second-in-command
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Battalion #1014
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Law Pu village
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Myint Way
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Tin Win
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Company Commander
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Thein Lay Myaing Company
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1. Explain the specific manner in which you collected this information.
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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.
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2. Explain how the source verified information accuracy.
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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.
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