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These photos were taken on March 16th 2022 in K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village, Thailand. These photos show displaced villagers from Htee K’Pler and Bu Baw villages, Choo K’Lee village tract, Kaw T’Ree township who fled to the nearby Thai border. They are facing food shortages and are in need of healthcare supplies at the displacement site. [Photos: KHRG]
Fighting, indiscriminate shelling and displacement
On the evening of March 3rd 2022, in Bu Baw and Htee K’Pler villages, Choo K’Lee village tract[2], Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, skirmishes occurred between State Administration Council (SAC)[3] troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[4]. The SAC also flew helicopters over the villages and indiscriminately fired [mortar shells]. This caused villagers to be terrified and flee to K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village [a Thai-Karen village in Thailand]. Villagers [IDPs] are in need of food. Some of them have nausea and are coughing and so are also in need of medicine. Some children have diarrhoea.
On March 11th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO)[5] in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh (Kyonedoe) Township, Dooplaya District. This fighting resulted in the displacement of many villagers. Some villagers sought refuge in the nearby monasteries and some fled to other villages to stay with their relatives. On the first day, displaced villagers returned to their homes shortly after the fighting stopped. However, as fighting happened again on the night of March 12th 2022, the villagers had to flee to other nearby villages including T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. The head of T--- village provided some food and shelter for the displaced villagers. He said that there was no support from organisations or monitoring of the situation. The displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. There were more than 60 people taking refuge in T--- village on March 12th 2022.
On March 14th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] in Seikgyi Town, Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. On that day, at 9:00 am, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #432 left their camp. The PDF planted a trip-wire bomb, which allowed them to ambush the SAC troops. As a result, fighting broke out for a few minutes. From 9:00 am to 11:00 am, SAC soldiers continued firing both 79 mm guns and other small guns around Seikgyi Town. Due to the indiscriminate gunfire, a civilian named U M---, aged over 40 years old, was hit in his stomach by a bullet while sitting at a coffee shop in town. On the same day, he was taken to the Mawlamyine 300-bed hospital by an ambulance car. Some villagers who live in the area around Noh T’Kaw village, Noh T’Kaw village tract also temporarily fled to other nearby villages [due to the fighting in Seikgyi Town]. They returned to their homes [on March 16th 2022].
From March 15th 2022 at 8:30 pm to March 16th 2022 at around 3:30 am, fighting broke out for about seven hours between the combined forces of the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB)[8] #32 and LIB #559 and the KNDO in Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the period of fighting, more than 20 mortar shells were fired, as well as small guns. The local villagers [in the surrounding area] saw an unexploded mortar shell fall on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Almost every villager in Thay Baw Boh village tract had already fled to hide, so no villagers were injured.
On March 23rd 2022 at 8:00 pm, SAC LIB #231 and LIB #230, based in Tada Kyo village, Hlaing Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township indiscriminately fired 120 mm mortars and bullets into Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. One house was destroyed by the shelling. Two of the mortar shells that fell into Taung Kyar Inn village remained there, unexploded. The two unexploded shells have not yet been removed by any organisation.
On March 23rd 2022 at 2:00 pm, fighting occurred for a few minutes between the SAC and PDF in Thanmya village, Kyaw Kay Hkoh (Da Li) village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township. SAC soldiers, who were in a truck, conducted indiscriminate shelling in the direction of the village using both artillery and guns. Over 10 houses were hit by the indiscriminate shelling. The following day, March 24th 2022, at 2:45 pm, a woman who was six months pregnant, Ma W--- aged 39 years old, was shot twice by a civilian [one bullet hit her left chest and one her right arm], while she was sitting in front of her shop. She was referred to Mawlamyine Hospital.
On March 26th 2022, SAC LIB #559, LIB #560, Light Infantry Division (LID)[9] #44 and LID #11 sent troop reinforcements to retake Maw Hkee army camp in Maw Hkee village, Maw Hkee village tract [after it had been seized by the KNLA and KNDO combined troops on March 21st 2022]. First, they marched from Kawkareik Town to Myawaddy Town, then to P’Loo village, P’Loo village tract and then to Thay Baw Boh village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. When they arrived at Hkler Kloh Place on March 27th at 11:00 am, heavy fighting started between the marching SAC troops and KNDO and KLNA combined troops. There were a high number of deaths and injuries on the SAC side. Local villagers believe this is why two SAC helicopters flew over the area and conducted air strikes in Bler Doh area on March 27th at 2:00 pm. Villagers in Bler Doh, Thay Baw Boh and Lay Gaw villages, Thay Baw Boh village tract no longer felt safe to stay in their village and so they fled. Bler Doh villagers fled to Thailand but the Thai soldiers did not allow them to stay and they had to return to Burma. On March 27th, SAC helicopters flew around the area of Bler Doh village [and conducted air strikes] twice. They also came again on March 28th at 5:20 am. [As of March 28th 2022] the fighting is still ongoing and the sound of mortars and guns are still there now. There are 54 households consisting of 195 people who were displaced from Bler Doh village. They are currently settling along the banks of the Moei River.
On March 26th 2022, fighting occurred between SAC and Border Guard Force (BGF) combined troops and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group[10] and KNLA combined troops in Kwee Ler Ter Th’Waw Thaw village, Maw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. Due to the fighting, villagers in the area displaced to different places along the border in Thailand. Some of them settled in Lay Taw Hkoh village [a Thai-Karen village] in Thailand, whereas some settled in plantations and the forest along the border [in Thailand].
Killing
On March 24th 2022, fighting broke out between the SAC and KNLA on the Asia Highway between Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, when the SAC sent out troop reinforcements to the area around Myawaddy Town. At 5:40 am, during the fighting, SAC LIB #355 indiscriminately fired mortars near Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Six mortar shells were fired, and one landed in the village. The explosion killed a 17-year-old girl, and injured one male and two female villagers. The 17-year-old girl was hit on her head [by a fragment of the mortar shell], breaking her skull. She died immediately. Among the three injured villagers, one (female) villager was seriously injured and was hospitalised in Thin Gan Nyi Naung Town.
The shelling also destroyed a house, a barn and a car. A community member reported that SAC LIB #355, which is based at the entrance of Htee Moo Hta village between Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik towns, was responsible for firing the mortar into Htee Moo Hta village.
Further background reading on the situation of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports:
This photo was taken on March 12th 2022 in T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township, Dooplaya District. This photo shows displaced villagers from Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township who are currently sheltering in T--- village due to fighting [in their village]. [Photo: KHRG]
Fighting, indiscriminate shelling and displacement
On the evening of March 3rd 2022, in Bu Baw and Htee K’Pler villages, Choo K’Lee village tract[2], Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, skirmishes occurred between State Administration Council (SAC)[3] troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[4]. The SAC also flew helicopters over the villages and indiscriminately fired [mortar shells]. This caused villagers to be terrified and flee to K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village [a Thai-Karen village in Thailand]. Villagers [IDPs] are in need of food. Some of them have nausea and are coughing and so are also in need of medicine. Some children have diarrhoea.
On March 11th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO)[5] in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh (Kyonedoe) Township, Dooplaya District. This fighting resulted in the displacement of many villagers. Some villagers sought refuge in the nearby monasteries and some fled to other villages to stay with their relatives. On the first day, displaced villagers returned to their homes shortly after the fighting stopped. However, as fighting happened again on the night of March 12th 2022, the villagers had to flee to other nearby villages including T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. The head of T--- village provided some food and shelter for the displaced villagers. He said that there was no support from organisations or monitoring of the situation. The displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. There were more than 60 people taking refuge in T--- village on March 12th 2022.
On March 14th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] in Seikgyi Town, Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. On that day, at 9:00 am, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #432 left their camp. The PDF planted a trip-wire bomb, which allowed them to ambush the SAC troops. As a result, fighting broke out for a few minutes. From 9:00 am to 11:00 am, SAC soldiers continued firing both 79 mm guns and other small guns around Seikgyi Town. Due to the indiscriminate gunfire, a civilian named U M---, aged over 40 years old, was hit in his stomach by a bullet while sitting at a coffee shop in town. On the same day, he was taken to the Mawlamyine 300-bed hospital by an ambulance car. Some villagers who live in the area around Noh T’Kaw village, Noh T’Kaw village tract also temporarily fled to other nearby villages [due to the fighting in Seikgyi Town]. They returned to their homes [on March 16th 2022].
From March 15th 2022 at 8:30 pm to March 16th 2022 at around 3:30 am, fighting broke out for about seven hours between the combined forces of the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB)[8] #32 and LIB #559 and the KNDO in Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the period of fighting, more than 20 mortar shells were fired, as well as small guns. The local villagers [in the surrounding area] saw an unexploded mortar shell fall on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Almost every villager in Thay Baw Boh village tract had already fled to hide, so no villagers were injured.
On March 23rd 2022 at 8:00 pm, SAC LIB #231 and LIB #230, based in Tada Kyo village, Hlaing Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township indiscriminately fired 120 mm mortars and bullets into Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. One house was destroyed by the shelling. Two of the mortar shells that fell into Taung Kyar Inn village remained there, unexploded. The two unexploded shells have not yet been removed by any organisation.
On March 23rd 2022 at 2:00 pm, fighting occurred for a few minutes between the SAC and PDF in Thanmya village, Kyaw Kay Hkoh (Da Li) village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township. SAC soldiers, who were in a truck, conducted indiscriminate shelling in the direction of the village using both artillery and guns. Over 10 houses were hit by the indiscriminate shelling. The following day, March 24th 2022, at 2:45 pm, a woman who was six months pregnant, Ma W--- aged 39 years old, was shot twice by a civilian [one bullet hit her left chest and one her right arm], while she was sitting in front of her shop. She was referred to Mawlamyine Hospital.
On March 26th 2022, SAC LIB #559, LIB #560, Light Infantry Division (LID)[9] #44 and LID #11 sent troop reinforcements to retake Maw Hkee army camp in Maw Hkee village, Maw Hkee village tract [after it had been seized by the KNLA and KNDO combined troops on March 21st 2022]. First, they marched from Kawkareik Town to Myawaddy Town, then to P’Loo village, P’Loo village tract and then to Thay Baw Boh village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. When they arrived at Hkler Kloh Place on March 27th at 11:00 am, heavy fighting started between the marching SAC troops and KNDO and KLNA combined troops. There were a high number of deaths and injuries on the SAC side. Local villagers believe this is why two SAC helicopters flew over the area and conducted air strikes in Bler Doh area on March 27th at 2:00 pm. Villagers in Bler Doh, Thay Baw Boh and Lay Gaw villages, Thay Baw Boh village tract no longer felt safe to stay in their village and so they fled. Bler Doh villagers fled to Thailand but the Thai soldiers did not allow them to stay and they had to return to Burma. On March 27th, SAC helicopters flew around the area of Bler Doh village [and conducted air strikes] twice. They also came again on March 28th at 5:20 am. [As of March 28th 2022] the fighting is still ongoing and the sound of mortars and guns are still there now. There are 54 households consisting of 195 people who were displaced from Bler Doh village. They are currently settling along the banks of the Moei River.
On March 26th 2022, fighting occurred between SAC and Border Guard Force (BGF) combined troops and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group[10] and KNLA combined troops in Kwee Ler Ter Th’Waw Thaw village, Maw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. Due to the fighting, villagers in the area displaced to different places along the border in Thailand. Some of them settled in Lay Taw Hkoh village [a Thai-Karen village] in Thailand, whereas some settled in plantations and the forest along the border [in Thailand].
Killing
On March 24th 2022, fighting broke out between the SAC and KNLA on the Asia Highway between Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, when the SAC sent out troop reinforcements to the area around Myawaddy Town. At 5:40 am, during the fighting, SAC LIB #355 indiscriminately fired mortars near Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Six mortar shells were fired, and one landed in the village. The explosion killed a 17-year-old girl, and injured one male and two female villagers. The 17-year-old girl was hit on her head [by a fragment of the mortar shell], breaking her skull. She died immediately. Among the three injured villagers, one (female) villager was seriously injured and was hospitalised in Thin Gan Nyi Naung Town.
The shelling also destroyed a house, a barn and a car. A community member reported that SAC LIB #355, which is based at the entrance of Htee Moo Hta village between Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik towns, was responsible for firing the mortar into Htee Moo Hta village.
Further background reading on the situation of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports:
This photo was taken on March 16th 2022 on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Waw Lay village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. The photo shows an unexploded mortar shell that fell during fighting in Thay Baw Boh village between SAC IB #32 and LIB #559 combined troops and the local KNDO. [Photo: KHRG]
Fighting, indiscriminate shelling and displacement
On the evening of March 3rd 2022, in Bu Baw and Htee K’Pler villages, Choo K’Lee village tract[2], Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, skirmishes occurred between State Administration Council (SAC)[3] troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[4]. The SAC also flew helicopters over the villages and indiscriminately fired [mortar shells]. This caused villagers to be terrified and flee to K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village [a Thai-Karen village in Thailand]. Villagers [IDPs] are in need of food. Some of them have nausea and are coughing and so are also in need of medicine. Some children have diarrhoea.
On March 11th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO)[5] in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh (Kyonedoe) Township, Dooplaya District. This fighting resulted in the displacement of many villagers. Some villagers sought refuge in the nearby monasteries and some fled to other villages to stay with their relatives. On the first day, displaced villagers returned to their homes shortly after the fighting stopped. However, as fighting happened again on the night of March 12th 2022, the villagers had to flee to other nearby villages including T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. The head of T--- village provided some food and shelter for the displaced villagers. He said that there was no support from organisations or monitoring of the situation. The displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. There were more than 60 people taking refuge in T--- village on March 12th 2022.
On March 14th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] in Seikgyi Town, Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. On that day, at 9:00 am, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #432 left their camp. The PDF planted a trip-wire bomb, which allowed them to ambush the SAC troops. As a result, fighting broke out for a few minutes. From 9:00 am to 11:00 am, SAC soldiers continued firing both 79 mm guns and other small guns around Seikgyi Town. Due to the indiscriminate gunfire, a civilian named U M---, aged over 40 years old, was hit in his stomach by a bullet while sitting at a coffee shop in town. On the same day, he was taken to the Mawlamyine 300-bed hospital by an ambulance car. Some villagers who live in the area around Noh T’Kaw village, Noh T’Kaw village tract also temporarily fled to other nearby villages [due to the fighting in Seikgyi Town]. They returned to their homes [on March 16th 2022].
From March 15th 2022 at 8:30 pm to March 16th 2022 at around 3:30 am, fighting broke out for about seven hours between the combined forces of the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB)[8] #32 and LIB #559 and the KNDO in Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the period of fighting, more than 20 mortar shells were fired, as well as small guns. The local villagers [in the surrounding area] saw an unexploded mortar shell fall on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Almost every villager in Thay Baw Boh village tract had already fled to hide, so no villagers were injured.
On March 23rd 2022 at 8:00 pm, SAC LIB #231 and LIB #230, based in Tada Kyo village, Hlaing Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township indiscriminately fired 120 mm mortars and bullets into Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. One house was destroyed by the shelling. Two of the mortar shells that fell into Taung Kyar Inn village remained there, unexploded. The two unexploded shells have not yet been removed by any organisation.
On March 23rd 2022 at 2:00 pm, fighting occurred for a few minutes between the SAC and PDF in Thanmya village, Kyaw Kay Hkoh (Da Li) village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township. SAC soldiers, who were in a truck, conducted indiscriminate shelling in the direction of the village using both artillery and guns. Over 10 houses were hit by the indiscriminate shelling. The following day, March 24th 2022, at 2:45 pm, a woman who was six months pregnant, Ma W--- aged 39 years old, was shot twice by a civilian [one bullet hit her left chest and one her right arm], while she was sitting in front of her shop. She was referred to Mawlamyine Hospital.
On March 26th 2022, SAC LIB #559, LIB #560, Light Infantry Division (LID)[9] #44 and LID #11 sent troop reinforcements to retake Maw Hkee army camp in Maw Hkee village, Maw Hkee village tract [after it had been seized by the KNLA and KNDO combined troops on March 21st 2022]. First, they marched from Kawkareik Town to Myawaddy Town, then to P’Loo village, P’Loo village tract and then to Thay Baw Boh village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. When they arrived at Hkler Kloh Place on March 27th at 11:00 am, heavy fighting started between the marching SAC troops and KNDO and KLNA combined troops. There were a high number of deaths and injuries on the SAC side. Local villagers believe this is why two SAC helicopters flew over the area and conducted air strikes in Bler Doh area on March 27th at 2:00 pm. Villagers in Bler Doh, Thay Baw Boh and Lay Gaw villages, Thay Baw Boh village tract no longer felt safe to stay in their village and so they fled. Bler Doh villagers fled to Thailand but the Thai soldiers did not allow them to stay and they had to return to Burma. On March 27th, SAC helicopters flew around the area of Bler Doh village [and conducted air strikes] twice. They also came again on March 28th at 5:20 am. [As of March 28th 2022] the fighting is still ongoing and the sound of mortars and guns are still there now. There are 54 households consisting of 195 people who were displaced from Bler Doh village. They are currently settling along the banks of the Moei River.
On March 26th 2022, fighting occurred between SAC and Border Guard Force (BGF) combined troops and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group[10] and KNLA combined troops in Kwee Ler Ter Th’Waw Thaw village, Maw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. Due to the fighting, villagers in the area displaced to different places along the border in Thailand. Some of them settled in Lay Taw Hkoh village [a Thai-Karen village] in Thailand, whereas some settled in plantations and the forest along the border [in Thailand].
Killing
On March 24th 2022, fighting broke out between the SAC and KNLA on the Asia Highway between Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, when the SAC sent out troop reinforcements to the area around Myawaddy Town. At 5:40 am, during the fighting, SAC LIB #355 indiscriminately fired mortars near Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Six mortar shells were fired, and one landed in the village. The explosion killed a 17-year-old girl, and injured one male and two female villagers. The 17-year-old girl was hit on her head [by a fragment of the mortar shell], breaking her skull. She died immediately. Among the three injured villagers, one (female) villager was seriously injured and was hospitalised in Thin Gan Nyi Naung Town.
The shelling also destroyed a house, a barn and a car. A community member reported that SAC LIB #355, which is based at the entrance of Htee Moo Hta village between Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik towns, was responsible for firing the mortar into Htee Moo Hta village.
Further background reading on the situation of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken on March 23rd 2022 in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township, Dooplaya District. The photos show damaged houses and shells [from bullets and mortars] that were fired during the SAC’s indiscriminate shelling. One of the mortars exploded and damaged a house. Two more mortars [one is shown in the last image] landed in the village but did not explode; they have yet to be removed. [Photos: KHRG]
Fighting, indiscriminate shelling and displacement
On the evening of March 3rd 2022, in Bu Baw and Htee K’Pler villages, Choo K’Lee village tract[2], Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, skirmishes occurred between State Administration Council (SAC)[3] troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[4]. The SAC also flew helicopters over the villages and indiscriminately fired [mortar shells]. This caused villagers to be terrified and flee to K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village [a Thai-Karen village in Thailand]. Villagers [IDPs] are in need of food. Some of them have nausea and are coughing and so are also in need of medicine. Some children have diarrhoea.
On March 11th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO)[5] in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh (Kyonedoe) Township, Dooplaya District. This fighting resulted in the displacement of many villagers. Some villagers sought refuge in the nearby monasteries and some fled to other villages to stay with their relatives. On the first day, displaced villagers returned to their homes shortly after the fighting stopped. However, as fighting happened again on the night of March 12th 2022, the villagers had to flee to other nearby villages including T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. The head of T--- village provided some food and shelter for the displaced villagers. He said that there was no support from organisations or monitoring of the situation. The displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. There were more than 60 people taking refuge in T--- village on March 12th 2022.
On March 14th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] in Seikgyi Town, Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. On that day, at 9:00 am, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #432 left their camp. The PDF planted a trip-wire bomb, which allowed them to ambush the SAC troops. As a result, fighting broke out for a few minutes. From 9:00 am to 11:00 am, SAC soldiers continued firing both 79 mm guns and other small guns around Seikgyi Town. Due to the indiscriminate gunfire, a civilian named U M---, aged over 40 years old, was hit in his stomach by a bullet while sitting at a coffee shop in town. On the same day, he was taken to the Mawlamyine 300-bed hospital by an ambulance car. Some villagers who live in the area around Noh T’Kaw village, Noh T’Kaw village tract also temporarily fled to other nearby villages [due to the fighting in Seikgyi Town]. They returned to their homes [on March 16th 2022].
From March 15th 2022 at 8:30 pm to March 16th 2022 at around 3:30 am, fighting broke out for about seven hours between the combined forces of the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB)[8] #32 and LIB #559 and the KNDO in Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the period of fighting, more than 20 mortar shells were fired, as well as small guns. The local villagers [in the surrounding area] saw an unexploded mortar shell fall on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Almost every villager in Thay Baw Boh village tract had already fled to hide, so no villagers were injured.
On March 23rd 2022 at 8:00 pm, SAC LIB #231 and LIB #230, based in Tada Kyo village, Hlaing Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township indiscriminately fired 120 mm mortars and bullets into Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. One house was destroyed by the shelling. Two of the mortar shells that fell into Taung Kyar Inn village remained there, unexploded. The two unexploded shells have not yet been removed by any organisation.
On March 23rd 2022 at 2:00 pm, fighting occurred for a few minutes between the SAC and PDF in Thanmya village, Kyaw Kay Hkoh (Da Li) village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township. SAC soldiers, who were in a truck, conducted indiscriminate shelling in the direction of the village using both artillery and guns. Over 10 houses were hit by the indiscriminate shelling. The following day, March 24th 2022, at 2:45 pm, a woman who was six months pregnant, Ma W--- aged 39 years old, was shot twice by a civilian [one bullet hit her left chest and one her right arm], while she was sitting in front of her shop. She was referred to Mawlamyine Hospital.
On March 26th 2022, SAC LIB #559, LIB #560, Light Infantry Division (LID)[9] #44 and LID #11 sent troop reinforcements to retake Maw Hkee army camp in Maw Hkee village, Maw Hkee village tract [after it had been seized by the KNLA and KNDO combined troops on March 21st 2022]. First, they marched from Kawkareik Town to Myawaddy Town, then to P’Loo village, P’Loo village tract and then to Thay Baw Boh village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. When they arrived at Hkler Kloh Place on March 27th at 11:00 am, heavy fighting started between the marching SAC troops and KNDO and KLNA combined troops. There were a high number of deaths and injuries on the SAC side. Local villagers believe this is why two SAC helicopters flew over the area and conducted air strikes in Bler Doh area on March 27th at 2:00 pm. Villagers in Bler Doh, Thay Baw Boh and Lay Gaw villages, Thay Baw Boh village tract no longer felt safe to stay in their village and so they fled. Bler Doh villagers fled to Thailand but the Thai soldiers did not allow them to stay and they had to return to Burma. On March 27th, SAC helicopters flew around the area of Bler Doh village [and conducted air strikes] twice. They also came again on March 28th at 5:20 am. [As of March 28th 2022] the fighting is still ongoing and the sound of mortars and guns are still there now. There are 54 households consisting of 195 people who were displaced from Bler Doh village. They are currently settling along the banks of the Moei River.
On March 26th 2022, fighting occurred between SAC and Border Guard Force (BGF) combined troops and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group[10] and KNLA combined troops in Kwee Ler Ter Th’Waw Thaw village, Maw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. Due to the fighting, villagers in the area displaced to different places along the border in Thailand. Some of them settled in Lay Taw Hkoh village [a Thai-Karen village] in Thailand, whereas some settled in plantations and the forest along the border [in Thailand].
Killing
On March 24th 2022, fighting broke out between the SAC and KNLA on the Asia Highway between Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, when the SAC sent out troop reinforcements to the area around Myawaddy Town. At 5:40 am, during the fighting, SAC LIB #355 indiscriminately fired mortars near Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Six mortar shells were fired, and one landed in the village. The explosion killed a 17-year-old girl, and injured one male and two female villagers. The 17-year-old girl was hit on her head [by a fragment of the mortar shell], breaking her skull. She died immediately. Among the three injured villagers, one (female) villager was seriously injured and was hospitalised in Thin Gan Nyi Naung Town.
The shelling also destroyed a house, a barn and a car. A community member reported that SAC LIB #355, which is based at the entrance of Htee Moo Hta village between Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik towns, was responsible for firing the mortar into Htee Moo Hta village.
Further background reading on the situation of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken on March 20th 2022 in Oo Kray Hta village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. The photos show houses that were damaged by the indiscriminate shelling. [Photos: KHRG]
Fighting, indiscriminate shelling and displacement
On the evening of March 3rd 2022, in Bu Baw and Htee K’Pler villages, Choo K’Lee village tract[2], Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, skirmishes occurred between State Administration Council (SAC)[3] troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[4]. The SAC also flew helicopters over the villages and indiscriminately fired [mortar shells]. This caused villagers to be terrified and flee to K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village [a Thai-Karen village in Thailand]. Villagers [IDPs] are in need of food. Some of them have nausea and are coughing and so are also in need of medicine. Some children have diarrhoea.
On March 11th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO)[5] in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh (Kyonedoe) Township, Dooplaya District. This fighting resulted in the displacement of many villagers. Some villagers sought refuge in the nearby monasteries and some fled to other villages to stay with their relatives. On the first day, displaced villagers returned to their homes shortly after the fighting stopped. However, as fighting happened again on the night of March 12th 2022, the villagers had to flee to other nearby villages including T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. The head of T--- village provided some food and shelter for the displaced villagers. He said that there was no support from organisations or monitoring of the situation. The displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. There were more than 60 people taking refuge in T--- village on March 12th 2022.
On March 14th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] in Seikgyi Town, Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. On that day, at 9:00 am, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #432 left their camp. The PDF planted a trip-wire bomb, which allowed them to ambush the SAC troops. As a result, fighting broke out for a few minutes. From 9:00 am to 11:00 am, SAC soldiers continued firing both 79 mm guns and other small guns around Seikgyi Town. Due to the indiscriminate gunfire, a civilian named U M---, aged over 40 years old, was hit in his stomach by a bullet while sitting at a coffee shop in town. On the same day, he was taken to the Mawlamyine 300-bed hospital by an ambulance car. Some villagers who live in the area around Noh T’Kaw village, Noh T’Kaw village tract also temporarily fled to other nearby villages [due to the fighting in Seikgyi Town]. They returned to their homes [on March 16th 2022].
From March 15th 2022 at 8:30 pm to March 16th 2022 at around 3:30 am, fighting broke out for about seven hours between the combined forces of the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB)[8] #32 and LIB #559 and the KNDO in Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the period of fighting, more than 20 mortar shells were fired, as well as small guns. The local villagers [in the surrounding area] saw an unexploded mortar shell fall on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Almost every villager in Thay Baw Boh village tract had already fled to hide, so no villagers were injured.
On March 23rd 2022 at 8:00 pm, SAC LIB #231 and LIB #230, based in Tada Kyo village, Hlaing Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township indiscriminately fired 120 mm mortars and bullets into Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. One house was destroyed by the shelling. Two of the mortar shells that fell into Taung Kyar Inn village remained there, unexploded. The two unexploded shells have not yet been removed by any organisation.
On March 23rd 2022 at 2:00 pm, fighting occurred for a few minutes between the SAC and PDF in Thanmya village, Kyaw Kay Hkoh (Da Li) village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township. SAC soldiers, who were in a truck, conducted indiscriminate shelling in the direction of the village using both artillery and guns. Over 10 houses were hit by the indiscriminate shelling. The following day, March 24th 2022, at 2:45 pm, a woman who was six months pregnant, Ma W--- aged 39 years old, was shot twice by a civilian [one bullet hit her left chest and one her right arm], while she was sitting in front of her shop. She was referred to Mawlamyine Hospital.
On March 26th 2022, SAC LIB #559, LIB #560, Light Infantry Division (LID)[9] #44 and LID #11 sent troop reinforcements to retake Maw Hkee army camp in Maw Hkee village, Maw Hkee village tract [after it had been seized by the KNLA and KNDO combined troops on March 21st 2022]. First, they marched from Kawkareik Town to Myawaddy Town, then to P’Loo village, P’Loo village tract and then to Thay Baw Boh village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. When they arrived at Hkler Kloh Place on March 27th at 11:00 am, heavy fighting started between the marching SAC troops and KNDO and KLNA combined troops. There were a high number of deaths and injuries on the SAC side. Local villagers believe this is why two SAC helicopters flew over the area and conducted air strikes in Bler Doh area on March 27th at 2:00 pm. Villagers in Bler Doh, Thay Baw Boh and Lay Gaw villages, Thay Baw Boh village tract no longer felt safe to stay in their village and so they fled. Bler Doh villagers fled to Thailand but the Thai soldiers did not allow them to stay and they had to return to Burma. On March 27th, SAC helicopters flew around the area of Bler Doh village [and conducted air strikes] twice. They also came again on March 28th at 5:20 am. [As of March 28th 2022] the fighting is still ongoing and the sound of mortars and guns are still there now. There are 54 households consisting of 195 people who were displaced from Bler Doh village. They are currently settling along the banks of the Moei River.
On March 26th 2022, fighting occurred between SAC and Border Guard Force (BGF) combined troops and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group[10] and KNLA combined troops in Kwee Ler Ter Th’Waw Thaw village, Maw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. Due to the fighting, villagers in the area displaced to different places along the border in Thailand. Some of them settled in Lay Taw Hkoh village [a Thai-Karen village] in Thailand, whereas some settled in plantations and the forest along the border [in Thailand].
Killing
On March 24th 2022, fighting broke out between the SAC and KNLA on the Asia Highway between Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, when the SAC sent out troop reinforcements to the area around Myawaddy Town. At 5:40 am, during the fighting, SAC LIB #355 indiscriminately fired mortars near Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Six mortar shells were fired, and one landed in the village. The explosion killed a 17-year-old girl, and injured one male and two female villagers. The 17-year-old girl was hit on her head [by a fragment of the mortar shell], breaking her skull. She died immediately. Among the three injured villagers, one (female) villager was seriously injured and was hospitalised in Thin Gan Nyi Naung Town.
The shelling also destroyed a house, a barn and a car. A community member reported that SAC LIB #355, which is based at the entrance of Htee Moo Hta village between Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik towns, was responsible for firing the mortar into Htee Moo Hta village.
Further background reading on the situation of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken on March 20th 2022 in Oo Kray Hta village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. The photos show displaced villagers who had to flee due to indiscriminate shelling by SAC LIB #302. [Photos: KHRG]
Fighting, indiscriminate shelling and displacement
On the evening of March 3rd 2022, in Bu Baw and Htee K’Pler villages, Choo K’Lee village tract[2], Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, skirmishes occurred between State Administration Council (SAC)[3] troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[4]. The SAC also flew helicopters over the villages and indiscriminately fired [mortar shells]. This caused villagers to be terrified and flee to K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village [a Thai-Karen village in Thailand]. Villagers [IDPs] are in need of food. Some of them have nausea and are coughing and so are also in need of medicine. Some children have diarrhoea.
On March 11th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO)[5] in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh (Kyonedoe) Township, Dooplaya District. This fighting resulted in the displacement of many villagers. Some villagers sought refuge in the nearby monasteries and some fled to other villages to stay with their relatives. On the first day, displaced villagers returned to their homes shortly after the fighting stopped. However, as fighting happened again on the night of March 12th 2022, the villagers had to flee to other nearby villages including T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. The head of T--- village provided some food and shelter for the displaced villagers. He said that there was no support from organisations or monitoring of the situation. The displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. There were more than 60 people taking refuge in T--- village on March 12th 2022.
On March 14th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] in Seikgyi Town, Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. On that day, at 9:00 am, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #432 left their camp. The PDF planted a trip-wire bomb, which allowed them to ambush the SAC troops. As a result, fighting broke out for a few minutes. From 9:00 am to 11:00 am, SAC soldiers continued firing both 79 mm guns and other small guns around Seikgyi Town. Due to the indiscriminate gunfire, a civilian named U M---, aged over 40 years old, was hit in his stomach by a bullet while sitting at a coffee shop in town. On the same day, he was taken to the Mawlamyine 300-bed hospital by an ambulance car. Some villagers who live in the area around Noh T’Kaw village, Noh T’Kaw village tract also temporarily fled to other nearby villages [due to the fighting in Seikgyi Town]. They returned to their homes [on March 16th 2022].
From March 15th 2022 at 8:30 pm to March 16th 2022 at around 3:30 am, fighting broke out for about seven hours between the combined forces of the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB)[8] #32 and LIB #559 and the KNDO in Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the period of fighting, more than 20 mortar shells were fired, as well as small guns. The local villagers [in the surrounding area] saw an unexploded mortar shell fall on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Almost every villager in Thay Baw Boh village tract had already fled to hide, so no villagers were injured.
On March 23rd 2022 at 8:00 pm, SAC LIB #231 and LIB #230, based in Tada Kyo village, Hlaing Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township indiscriminately fired 120 mm mortars and bullets into Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. One house was destroyed by the shelling. Two of the mortar shells that fell into Taung Kyar Inn village remained there, unexploded. The two unexploded shells have not yet been removed by any organisation.
On March 23rd 2022 at 2:00 pm, fighting occurred for a few minutes between the SAC and PDF in Thanmya village, Kyaw Kay Hkoh (Da Li) village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township. SAC soldiers, who were in a truck, conducted indiscriminate shelling in the direction of the village using both artillery and guns. Over 10 houses were hit by the indiscriminate shelling. The following day, March 24th 2022, at 2:45 pm, a woman who was six months pregnant, Ma W--- aged 39 years old, was shot twice by a civilian [one bullet hit her left chest and one her right arm], while she was sitting in front of her shop. She was referred to Mawlamyine Hospital.
On March 26th 2022, SAC LIB #559, LIB #560, Light Infantry Division (LID)[9] #44 and LID #11 sent troop reinforcements to retake Maw Hkee army camp in Maw Hkee village, Maw Hkee village tract [after it had been seized by the KNLA and KNDO combined troops on March 21st 2022]. First, they marched from Kawkareik Town to Myawaddy Town, then to P’Loo village, P’Loo village tract and then to Thay Baw Boh village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. When they arrived at Hkler Kloh Place on March 27th at 11:00 am, heavy fighting started between the marching SAC troops and KNDO and KLNA combined troops. There were a high number of deaths and injuries on the SAC side. Local villagers believe this is why two SAC helicopters flew over the area and conducted air strikes in Bler Doh area on March 27th at 2:00 pm. Villagers in Bler Doh, Thay Baw Boh and Lay Gaw villages, Thay Baw Boh village tract no longer felt safe to stay in their village and so they fled. Bler Doh villagers fled to Thailand but the Thai soldiers did not allow them to stay and they had to return to Burma. On March 27th, SAC helicopters flew around the area of Bler Doh village [and conducted air strikes] twice. They also came again on March 28th at 5:20 am. [As of March 28th 2022] the fighting is still ongoing and the sound of mortars and guns are still there now. There are 54 households consisting of 195 people who were displaced from Bler Doh village. They are currently settling along the banks of the Moei River.
On March 26th 2022, fighting occurred between SAC and Border Guard Force (BGF) combined troops and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group[10] and KNLA combined troops in Kwee Ler Ter Th’Waw Thaw village, Maw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. Due to the fighting, villagers in the area displaced to different places along the border in Thailand. Some of them settled in Lay Taw Hkoh village [a Thai-Karen village] in Thailand, whereas some settled in plantations and the forest along the border [in Thailand].
Killing
On March 24th 2022, fighting broke out between the SAC and KNLA on the Asia Highway between Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, when the SAC sent out troop reinforcements to the area around Myawaddy Town. At 5:40 am, during the fighting, SAC LIB #355 indiscriminately fired mortars near Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Six mortar shells were fired, and one landed in the village. The explosion killed a 17-year-old girl, and injured one male and two female villagers. The 17-year-old girl was hit on her head [by a fragment of the mortar shell], breaking her skull. She died immediately. Among the three injured villagers, one (female) villager was seriously injured and was hospitalised in Thin Gan Nyi Naung Town.
The shelling also destroyed a house, a barn and a car. A community member reported that SAC LIB #355, which is based at the entrance of Htee Moo Hta village between Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik towns, was responsible for firing the mortar into Htee Moo Hta village.
Further background reading on the situation of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken on March 28th 2022 in a betel nut plantation near Lay Taw Hkoh Hospital, Lay Taw Hkoh village, Thailand. The photos show displaced villagers from Htee Th’Blu Hkee and Kwee Ler Ter villages, Kwee Ler Ter village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. 223 villagers were displaced on March 28th 2022 due to fighting that happened between the SAC - BGF combined forces and DKBA Splinter - KNLA combined forces on March 26th 2022. [Photos: Local villagers]
Fighting, indiscriminate shelling and displacement
On the evening of March 3rd 2022, in Bu Baw and Htee K’Pler villages, Choo K’Lee village tract[2], Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, skirmishes occurred between State Administration Council (SAC)[3] troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[4]. The SAC also flew helicopters over the villages and indiscriminately fired [mortar shells]. This caused villagers to be terrified and flee to K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village [a Thai-Karen village in Thailand]. Villagers [IDPs] are in need of food. Some of them have nausea and are coughing and so are also in need of medicine. Some children have diarrhoea.
On March 11th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO)[5] in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh (Kyonedoe) Township, Dooplaya District. This fighting resulted in the displacement of many villagers. Some villagers sought refuge in the nearby monasteries and some fled to other villages to stay with their relatives. On the first day, displaced villagers returned to their homes shortly after the fighting stopped. However, as fighting happened again on the night of March 12th 2022, the villagers had to flee to other nearby villages including T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. The head of T--- village provided some food and shelter for the displaced villagers. He said that there was no support from organisations or monitoring of the situation. The displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. There were more than 60 people taking refuge in T--- village on March 12th 2022.
On March 14th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] in Seikgyi Town, Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. On that day, at 9:00 am, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #432 left their camp. The PDF planted a trip-wire bomb, which allowed them to ambush the SAC troops. As a result, fighting broke out for a few minutes. From 9:00 am to 11:00 am, SAC soldiers continued firing both 79 mm guns and other small guns around Seikgyi Town. Due to the indiscriminate gunfire, a civilian named U M---, aged over 40 years old, was hit in his stomach by a bullet while sitting at a coffee shop in town. On the same day, he was taken to the Mawlamyine 300-bed hospital by an ambulance car. Some villagers who live in the area around Noh T’Kaw village, Noh T’Kaw village tract also temporarily fled to other nearby villages [due to the fighting in Seikgyi Town]. They returned to their homes [on March 16th 2022].
From March 15th 2022 at 8:30 pm to March 16th 2022 at around 3:30 am, fighting broke out for about seven hours between the combined forces of the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB)[8] #32 and LIB #559 and the KNDO in Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the period of fighting, more than 20 mortar shells were fired, as well as small guns. The local villagers [in the surrounding area] saw an unexploded mortar shell fall on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Almost every villager in Thay Baw Boh village tract had already fled to hide, so no villagers were injured.
On March 23rd 2022 at 8:00 pm, SAC LIB #231 and LIB #230, based in Tada Kyo village, Hlaing Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township indiscriminately fired 120 mm mortars and bullets into Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. One house was destroyed by the shelling. Two of the mortar shells that fell into Taung Kyar Inn village remained there, unexploded. The two unexploded shells have not yet been removed by any organisation.
On March 23rd 2022 at 2:00 pm, fighting occurred for a few minutes between the SAC and PDF in Thanmya village, Kyaw Kay Hkoh (Da Li) village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township. SAC soldiers, who were in a truck, conducted indiscriminate shelling in the direction of the village using both artillery and guns. Over 10 houses were hit by the indiscriminate shelling. The following day, March 24th 2022, at 2:45 pm, a woman who was six months pregnant, Ma W--- aged 39 years old, was shot twice by a civilian [one bullet hit her left chest and one her right arm], while she was sitting in front of her shop. She was referred to Mawlamyine Hospital.
On March 26th 2022, SAC LIB #559, LIB #560, Light Infantry Division (LID)[9] #44 and LID #11 sent troop reinforcements to retake Maw Hkee army camp in Maw Hkee village, Maw Hkee village tract [after it had been seized by the KNLA and KNDO combined troops on March 21st 2022]. First, they marched from Kawkareik Town to Myawaddy Town, then to P’Loo village, P’Loo village tract and then to Thay Baw Boh village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. When they arrived at Hkler Kloh Place on March 27th at 11:00 am, heavy fighting started between the marching SAC troops and KNDO and KLNA combined troops. There were a high number of deaths and injuries on the SAC side. Local villagers believe this is why two SAC helicopters flew over the area and conducted air strikes in Bler Doh area on March 27th at 2:00 pm. Villagers in Bler Doh, Thay Baw Boh and Lay Gaw villages, Thay Baw Boh village tract no longer felt safe to stay in their village and so they fled. Bler Doh villagers fled to Thailand but the Thai soldiers did not allow them to stay and they had to return to Burma. On March 27th, SAC helicopters flew around the area of Bler Doh village [and conducted air strikes] twice. They also came again on March 28th at 5:20 am. [As of March 28th 2022] the fighting is still ongoing and the sound of mortars and guns are still there now. There are 54 households consisting of 195 people who were displaced from Bler Doh village. They are currently settling along the banks of the Moei River.
On March 26th 2022, fighting occurred between SAC and Border Guard Force (BGF) combined troops and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group[10] and KNLA combined troops in Kwee Ler Ter Th’Waw Thaw village, Maw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. Due to the fighting, villagers in the area displaced to different places along the border in Thailand. Some of them settled in Lay Taw Hkoh village [a Thai-Karen village] in Thailand, whereas some settled in plantations and the forest along the border [in Thailand].
Killing
On March 24th 2022, fighting broke out between the SAC and KNLA on the Asia Highway between Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, when the SAC sent out troop reinforcements to the area around Myawaddy Town. At 5:40 am, during the fighting, SAC LIB #355 indiscriminately fired mortars near Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Six mortar shells were fired, and one landed in the village. The explosion killed a 17-year-old girl, and injured one male and two female villagers. The 17-year-old girl was hit on her head [by a fragment of the mortar shell], breaking her skull. She died immediately. Among the three injured villagers, one (female) villager was seriously injured and was hospitalised in Thin Gan Nyi Naung Town.
The shelling also destroyed a house, a barn and a car. A community member reported that SAC LIB #355, which is based at the entrance of Htee Moo Hta village between Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik towns, was responsible for firing the mortar into Htee Moo Hta village.
Further background reading on the situation of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken on March 24th 2022 in Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. The photos show the corpse of a 17-year-old girl who was killed by indiscriminate shelling fired by SAC LIB #355. [Photos: KHRG]
Fighting, indiscriminate shelling and displacement
On the evening of March 3rd 2022, in Bu Baw and Htee K’Pler villages, Choo K’Lee village tract[2], Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, skirmishes occurred between State Administration Council (SAC)[3] troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[4]. The SAC also flew helicopters over the villages and indiscriminately fired [mortar shells]. This caused villagers to be terrified and flee to K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village [a Thai-Karen village in Thailand]. Villagers [IDPs] are in need of food. Some of them have nausea and are coughing and so are also in need of medicine. Some children have diarrhoea.
On March 11th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO)[5] in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh (Kyonedoe) Township, Dooplaya District. This fighting resulted in the displacement of many villagers. Some villagers sought refuge in the nearby monasteries and some fled to other villages to stay with their relatives. On the first day, displaced villagers returned to their homes shortly after the fighting stopped. However, as fighting happened again on the night of March 12th 2022, the villagers had to flee to other nearby villages including T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. The head of T--- village provided some food and shelter for the displaced villagers. He said that there was no support from organisations or monitoring of the situation. The displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. There were more than 60 people taking refuge in T--- village on March 12th 2022.
On March 14th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] in Seikgyi Town, Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. On that day, at 9:00 am, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #432 left their camp. The PDF planted a trip-wire bomb, which allowed them to ambush the SAC troops. As a result, fighting broke out for a few minutes. From 9:00 am to 11:00 am, SAC soldiers continued firing both 79 mm guns and other small guns around Seikgyi Town. Due to the indiscriminate gunfire, a civilian named U M---, aged over 40 years old, was hit in his stomach by a bullet while sitting at a coffee shop in town. On the same day, he was taken to the Mawlamyine 300-bed hospital by an ambulance car. Some villagers who live in the area around Noh T’Kaw village, Noh T’Kaw village tract also temporarily fled to other nearby villages [due to the fighting in Seikgyi Town]. They returned to their homes [on March 16th 2022].
From March 15th 2022 at 8:30 pm to March 16th 2022 at around 3:30 am, fighting broke out for about seven hours between the combined forces of the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB)[8] #32 and LIB #559 and the KNDO in Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the period of fighting, more than 20 mortar shells were fired, as well as small guns. The local villagers [in the surrounding area] saw an unexploded mortar shell fall on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Almost every villager in Thay Baw Boh village tract had already fled to hide, so no villagers were injured.
On March 23rd 2022 at 8:00 pm, SAC LIB #231 and LIB #230, based in Tada Kyo village, Hlaing Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township indiscriminately fired 120 mm mortars and bullets into Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. One house was destroyed by the shelling. Two of the mortar shells that fell into Taung Kyar Inn village remained there, unexploded. The two unexploded shells have not yet been removed by any organisation.
On March 23rd 2022 at 2:00 pm, fighting occurred for a few minutes between the SAC and PDF in Thanmya village, Kyaw Kay Hkoh (Da Li) village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township. SAC soldiers, who were in a truck, conducted indiscriminate shelling in the direction of the village using both artillery and guns. Over 10 houses were hit by the indiscriminate shelling. The following day, March 24th 2022, at 2:45 pm, a woman who was six months pregnant, Ma W--- aged 39 years old, was shot twice by a civilian [one bullet hit her left chest and one her right arm], while she was sitting in front of her shop. She was referred to Mawlamyine Hospital.
On March 26th 2022, SAC LIB #559, LIB #560, Light Infantry Division (LID)[9] #44 and LID #11 sent troop reinforcements to retake Maw Hkee army camp in Maw Hkee village, Maw Hkee village tract [after it had been seized by the KNLA and KNDO combined troops on March 21st 2022]. First, they marched from Kawkareik Town to Myawaddy Town, then to P’Loo village, P’Loo village tract and then to Thay Baw Boh village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. When they arrived at Hkler Kloh Place on March 27th at 11:00 am, heavy fighting started between the marching SAC troops and KNDO and KLNA combined troops. There were a high number of deaths and injuries on the SAC side. Local villagers believe this is why two SAC helicopters flew over the area and conducted air strikes in Bler Doh area on March 27th at 2:00 pm. Villagers in Bler Doh, Thay Baw Boh and Lay Gaw villages, Thay Baw Boh village tract no longer felt safe to stay in their village and so they fled. Bler Doh villagers fled to Thailand but the Thai soldiers did not allow them to stay and they had to return to Burma. On March 27th, SAC helicopters flew around the area of Bler Doh village [and conducted air strikes] twice. They also came again on March 28th at 5:20 am. [As of March 28th 2022] the fighting is still ongoing and the sound of mortars and guns are still there now. There are 54 households consisting of 195 people who were displaced from Bler Doh village. They are currently settling along the banks of the Moei River.
On March 26th 2022, fighting occurred between SAC and Border Guard Force (BGF) combined troops and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group[10] and KNLA combined troops in Kwee Ler Ter Th’Waw Thaw village, Maw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. Due to the fighting, villagers in the area displaced to different places along the border in Thailand. Some of them settled in Lay Taw Hkoh village [a Thai-Karen village] in Thailand, whereas some settled in plantations and the forest along the border [in Thailand].
Killing
On March 24th 2022, fighting broke out between the SAC and KNLA on the Asia Highway between Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, when the SAC sent out troop reinforcements to the area around Myawaddy Town. At 5:40 am, during the fighting, SAC LIB #355 indiscriminately fired mortars near Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Six mortar shells were fired, and one landed in the village. The explosion killed a 17-year-old girl, and injured one male and two female villagers. The 17-year-old girl was hit on her head [by a fragment of the mortar shell], breaking her skull. She died immediately. Among the three injured villagers, one (female) villager was seriously injured and was hospitalised in Thin Gan Nyi Naung Town.
The shelling also destroyed a house, a barn and a car. A community member reported that SAC LIB #355, which is based at the entrance of Htee Moo Hta village between Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik towns, was responsible for firing the mortar into Htee Moo Hta village.
Further background reading on the situation of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken on March 24th 2022 in Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. The photos show a house and car that were damaged by the indiscriminate shelling undertaken by SAC LIB #355. [Photos: KHRG]
Fighting, indiscriminate shelling and displacement
On the evening of March 3rd 2022, in Bu Baw and Htee K’Pler villages, Choo K’Lee village tract[2], Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, skirmishes occurred between State Administration Council (SAC)[3] troops and the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[4]. The SAC also flew helicopters over the villages and indiscriminately fired [mortar shells]. This caused villagers to be terrified and flee to K--- Place near Noh Hpa Doh village [a Thai-Karen village in Thailand]. Villagers [IDPs] are in need of food. Some of them have nausea and are coughing and so are also in need of medicine. Some children have diarrhoea.
On March 11th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO)[5] in Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh (Kyonedoe) Township, Dooplaya District. This fighting resulted in the displacement of many villagers. Some villagers sought refuge in the nearby monasteries and some fled to other villages to stay with their relatives. On the first day, displaced villagers returned to their homes shortly after the fighting stopped. However, as fighting happened again on the night of March 12th 2022, the villagers had to flee to other nearby villages including T--- village, Th’Meik Dut village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. The head of T--- village provided some food and shelter for the displaced villagers. He said that there was no support from organisations or monitoring of the situation. The displaced people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. There were more than 60 people taking refuge in T--- village on March 12th 2022.
On March 14th 2022, fighting happened between the SAC and the People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] in Seikgyi Town, Noh T’Kaw (Kyainseikgyi) Township, Dooplaya District. On that day, at 9:00 am, SAC Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #432 left their camp. The PDF planted a trip-wire bomb, which allowed them to ambush the SAC troops. As a result, fighting broke out for a few minutes. From 9:00 am to 11:00 am, SAC soldiers continued firing both 79 mm guns and other small guns around Seikgyi Town. Due to the indiscriminate gunfire, a civilian named U M---, aged over 40 years old, was hit in his stomach by a bullet while sitting at a coffee shop in town. On the same day, he was taken to the Mawlamyine 300-bed hospital by an ambulance car. Some villagers who live in the area around Noh T’Kaw village, Noh T’Kaw village tract also temporarily fled to other nearby villages [due to the fighting in Seikgyi Town]. They returned to their homes [on March 16th 2022].
From March 15th 2022 at 8:30 pm to March 16th 2022 at around 3:30 am, fighting broke out for about seven hours between the combined forces of the SAC Infantry Battalion (IB)[8] #32 and LIB #559 and the KNDO in Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District. During the period of fighting, more than 20 mortar shells were fired, as well as small guns. The local villagers [in the surrounding area] saw an unexploded mortar shell fall on the main road between Myawaddy Town and Waw Lay village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Almost every villager in Thay Baw Boh village tract had already fled to hide, so no villagers were injured.
On March 23rd 2022 at 8:00 pm, SAC LIB #231 and LIB #230, based in Tada Kyo village, Hlaing Wa village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township indiscriminately fired 120 mm mortars and bullets into Taung Kyar Inn village, Nga Pyin Ma village tract, Kruh Tuh Township. One house was destroyed by the shelling. Two of the mortar shells that fell into Taung Kyar Inn village remained there, unexploded. The two unexploded shells have not yet been removed by any organisation.
On March 23rd 2022 at 2:00 pm, fighting occurred for a few minutes between the SAC and PDF in Thanmya village, Kyaw Kay Hkoh (Da Li) village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township. SAC soldiers, who were in a truck, conducted indiscriminate shelling in the direction of the village using both artillery and guns. Over 10 houses were hit by the indiscriminate shelling. The following day, March 24th 2022, at 2:45 pm, a woman who was six months pregnant, Ma W--- aged 39 years old, was shot twice by a civilian [one bullet hit her left chest and one her right arm], while she was sitting in front of her shop. She was referred to Mawlamyine Hospital.
On March 26th 2022, SAC LIB #559, LIB #560, Light Infantry Division (LID)[9] #44 and LID #11 sent troop reinforcements to retake Maw Hkee army camp in Maw Hkee village, Maw Hkee village tract [after it had been seized by the KNLA and KNDO combined troops on March 21st 2022]. First, they marched from Kawkareik Town to Myawaddy Town, then to P’Loo village, P’Loo village tract and then to Thay Baw Boh village, Thay Baw Boh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. When they arrived at Hkler Kloh Place on March 27th at 11:00 am, heavy fighting started between the marching SAC troops and KNDO and KLNA combined troops. There were a high number of deaths and injuries on the SAC side. Local villagers believe this is why two SAC helicopters flew over the area and conducted air strikes in Bler Doh area on March 27th at 2:00 pm. Villagers in Bler Doh, Thay Baw Boh and Lay Gaw villages, Thay Baw Boh village tract no longer felt safe to stay in their village and so they fled. Bler Doh villagers fled to Thailand but the Thai soldiers did not allow them to stay and they had to return to Burma. On March 27th, SAC helicopters flew around the area of Bler Doh village [and conducted air strikes] twice. They also came again on March 28th at 5:20 am. [As of March 28th 2022] the fighting is still ongoing and the sound of mortars and guns are still there now. There are 54 households consisting of 195 people who were displaced from Bler Doh village. They are currently settling along the banks of the Moei River.
On March 26th 2022, fighting occurred between SAC and Border Guard Force (BGF) combined troops and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) splinter group[10] and KNLA combined troops in Kwee Ler Ter Th’Waw Thaw village, Maw village tract, Noh T’Kaw Township, Dooplaya District. Due to the fighting, villagers in the area displaced to different places along the border in Thailand. Some of them settled in Lay Taw Hkoh village [a Thai-Karen village] in Thailand, whereas some settled in plantations and the forest along the border [in Thailand].
Killing
On March 24th 2022, fighting broke out between the SAC and KNLA on the Asia Highway between Myawaddy and Kawkareik towns, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District, when the SAC sent out troop reinforcements to the area around Myawaddy Town. At 5:40 am, during the fighting, SAC LIB #355 indiscriminately fired mortars near Htee Moo Hta village, Noh Hpoh village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township. Six mortar shells were fired, and one landed in the village. The explosion killed a 17-year-old girl, and injured one male and two female villagers. The 17-year-old girl was hit on her head [by a fragment of the mortar shell], breaking her skull. She died immediately. Among the three injured villagers, one (female) villager was seriously injured and was hospitalised in Thin Gan Nyi Naung Town.
The shelling also destroyed a house, a barn and a car. A community member reported that SAC LIB #355, which is based at the entrance of Htee Moo Hta village between Thin Gan Nyi Naung and Kawkareik towns, was responsible for firing the mortar into Htee Moo Hta village.
Further background reading on the situation of fighting and indiscriminate shelling in Dooplaya District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports: