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These photos were taken on March 20th 2022, in B--- village, Loh Hkee village tract, Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. The photos show the damage at the site of the bomb explosion, a hole in the roof of a villager’s house and the pieces of shrapnel from the bomb explosion that resulted from the SAC air strikes conducted on March 19th 2022. [Photos: KHRG]
On March 19th 2022 at 2:00 am, a jet from the Burma Army [State Administration Council (SAC)[2] military[3]], came and conducted an air strike in A--- place, near B--- village, in Loh Hkee village tract[4], Hsaw Htee (Shwegyin) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo (Nyaunglebin) District. At that same time, they [SAC military] also conducted an air strike in C--- village, Kwee Lah village tract, Ler Doh (Kyaukkyi) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. Both incidents took place in areas controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU)[5]/Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[6] Brigade #3. Civilians in both Hsaw Htee and Ler Doh townships fled from their villages and became displaced.
According to the villagers, on March 19th at 2:00 am, SAC air forces dropped two bombs in Loh Hkee village tract, Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. The bombs landed on a road between D--- village and B--- village. Two civilians’ houses were damaged from the air strike [while the families were sleeping in the houses], but there were no civilian casualties. The two houses that were damaged from the bomb explosion belong to B---villagers’, Naw[7] E--- and Saw[8] G---. The bomb explosion caused a hole in the roof of Naw E---’s house and two holes in the roof of Saw G---’s house.
At the same time, another SAC fighter jet dropped two bombs beside C--- village, Kwee Lah village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. There were no casualties during this incident, as the bombs fell and exploded beside the village. However, the roof of a villager’s house that was close to the explosion was damaged [from a piece of shrapnel that came into the village].
According to the villagers, the SAC used two fighter jets for the air strikes [on this day]; one fighter jet dropped two bombs beside B--- village in Hsaw Htee Township, and another fighter jet also dropped two bombs beside C--- village in Ler Doh Township.
Displacement during the air strikes
[Due to the air strikes on March 19th,] villagers from C---, D---, H---, J--- and other nearby villages in Hsaw Htee Township had to flee from their villages and displace to safer places in the forest nearby. They no longer dared to sleep in their village and slept in the forest instead. In particular, children and mothers with new-born babies had to confront various challenges, as there was no proper shelter for them to take refuge in the forest. The villagers, who became displaced due to the SAC air strike, were not aware of or informed about the air strike prior to the incident. They were all asleep in their houses in the villages at the time of the incident, and immediately fled from their villages to escape, [following] the air strike.
Since then, from the beginning of April to April 30th, villagers in over half of the villages from Hsaw Htee Township have had to displace to forests to save their lives [due to ongoing military activity]. They still do not dare to return to their villages to sleep over night, as they worry that the SAC might conduct air strikes again and enter KNU-controlled areas to attack the KNLA.
The air strikes that were conducted by the SAC have led to villagers becoming fearful. The villagers are afraid to engage in their livelihoods, travel and carry out other [day to day activities].
[KHRG has also documented and published an incident where the SAC conducted an air strike on March 30th 2021 at Moe Aung gold mining site, located in Meh Theh Hkee place near Htee Hpa Doh village, Meh Yeh Hkee village tract, Hsaw Htee Township. It killed eight mine workers and a KNLA radio operator; two others were injured (one mine worker and a member of the KNU Forestry Department).[9]]
As well as conducting air strikes in Kler Lwee Htoo District, the SAC air forces conducted several air strikes into civilian places in KNU-controlled areas in Doo Tha Htoo, Mu Traw and Dooplaya districts in 2021 and these types of incidents continue at the time of reporting in April 2022.
Further background reading on the situation on human rights violations in Kler Lwee Htoo 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 C--- village, Kwee Lah village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. The photos show the damage at the site of the bomb explosion, a hole in the roof of a villager’s house and pieces of shrapnel from the bomb explosion that resulted from the SAC air strikes conducted on March 19th 2022. [Photos: Local villager]
On March 19th 2022 at 2:00 am, a jet from the Burma Army [State Administration Council (SAC)[2] military[3]], came and conducted an air strike in A--- place, near B--- village, in Loh Hkee village tract[4], Hsaw Htee (Shwegyin) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo (Nyaunglebin) District. At that same time, they [SAC military] also conducted an air strike in C--- village, Kwee Lah village tract, Ler Doh (Kyaukkyi) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. Both incidents took place in areas controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU)[5]/Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[6] Brigade #3. Civilians in both Hsaw Htee and Ler Doh townships fled from their villages and became displaced.
According to the villagers, on March 19th at 2:00 am, SAC air forces dropped two bombs in Loh Hkee village tract, Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. The bombs landed on a road between D--- village and B--- village. Two civilians’ houses were damaged from the air strike [while the families were sleeping in the houses], but there were no civilian casualties. The two houses that were damaged from the bomb explosion belong to B---villagers’, Naw[7] E--- and Saw[8] G---. The bomb explosion caused a hole in the roof of Naw E---’s house and two holes in the roof of Saw G---’s house.
At the same time, another SAC fighter jet dropped two bombs beside C--- village, Kwee Lah village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. There were no casualties during this incident, as the bombs fell and exploded beside the village. However, the roof of a villager’s house that was close to the explosion was damaged [from a piece of shrapnel that came into the village].
According to the villagers, the SAC used two fighter jets for the air strikes [on this day]; one fighter jet dropped two bombs beside B--- village in Hsaw Htee Township, and another fighter jet also dropped two bombs beside C--- village in Ler Doh Township.
Displacement during the air strikes
[Due to the air strikes on March 19th,] villagers from C---, D---, H---, J--- and other nearby villages in Hsaw Htee Township had to flee from their villages and displace to safer places in the forest nearby. They no longer dared to sleep in their village and slept in the forest instead. In particular, children and mothers with new-born babies had to confront various challenges, as there was no proper shelter for them to take refuge in the forest. The villagers, who became displaced due to the SAC air strike, were not aware of or informed about the air strike prior to the incident. They were all asleep in their houses in the villages at the time of the incident, and immediately fled from their villages to escape, [following] the air strike.
Since then, from the beginning of April to April 30th, villagers in over half of the villages from Hsaw Htee Township have had to displace to forests to save their lives [due to ongoing military activity]. They still do not dare to return to their villages to sleep over night, as they worry that the SAC might conduct air strikes again and enter KNU-controlled areas to attack the KNLA.
The air strikes that were conducted by the SAC have led to villagers becoming fearful. The villagers are afraid to engage in their livelihoods, travel and carry out other [day to day activities].
[KHRG has also documented and published an incident where the SAC conducted an air strike on March 30th 2021 at Moe Aung gold mining site, located in Meh Theh Hkee place near Htee Hpa Doh village, Meh Yeh Hkee village tract, Hsaw Htee Township. It killed eight mine workers and a KNLA radio operator; two others were injured (one mine worker and a member of the KNU Forestry Department).[9]]
As well as conducting air strikes in Kler Lwee Htoo District, the SAC air forces conducted several air strikes into civilian places in KNU-controlled areas in Doo Tha Htoo, Mu Traw and Dooplaya districts in 2021 and these types of incidents continue at the time of reporting in April 2022.
Further background reading on the situation on human rights violations in Kler Lwee Htoo District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken on March 20th 2022, while villagers were fleeing and at a temporary displacement site outside of B--- village, Loh Hkee village tract, Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. The photos show the villagers from B--- village fleeing from their village when the SAC air forces conducted air strikes on March 19th 2022. The villagers took refuge in a safer place in the forest. [Photos: KHRG]
On March 19th 2022 at 2:00 am, a jet from the Burma Army [State Administration Council (SAC)[2] military[3]], came and conducted an air strike in A--- place, near B--- village, in Loh Hkee village tract[4], Hsaw Htee (Shwegyin) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo (Nyaunglebin) District. At that same time, they [SAC military] also conducted an air strike in C--- village, Kwee Lah village tract, Ler Doh (Kyaukkyi) Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. Both incidents took place in areas controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU)[5]/Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[6] Brigade #3. Civilians in both Hsaw Htee and Ler Doh townships fled from their villages and became displaced.
According to the villagers, on March 19th at 2:00 am, SAC air forces dropped two bombs in Loh Hkee village tract, Hsaw Htee Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. The bombs landed on a road between D--- village and B--- village. Two civilians’ houses were damaged from the air strike [while the families were sleeping in the houses], but there were no civilian casualties. The two houses that were damaged from the bomb explosion belong to B---villagers’, Naw[7] E--- and Saw[8] G---. The bomb explosion caused a hole in the roof of Naw E---’s house and two holes in the roof of Saw G---’s house.
At the same time, another SAC fighter jet dropped two bombs beside C--- village, Kwee Lah village tract, Ler Doh Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. There were no casualties during this incident, as the bombs fell and exploded beside the village. However, the roof of a villager’s house that was close to the explosion was damaged [from a piece of shrapnel that came into the village].
According to the villagers, the SAC used two fighter jets for the air strikes [on this day]; one fighter jet dropped two bombs beside B--- village in Hsaw Htee Township, and another fighter jet also dropped two bombs beside C--- village in Ler Doh Township.
Displacement during the air strikes
[Due to the air strikes on March 19th,] villagers from C---, D---, H---, J--- and other nearby villages in Hsaw Htee Township had to flee from their villages and displace to safer places in the forest nearby. They no longer dared to sleep in their village and slept in the forest instead. In particular, children and mothers with new-born babies had to confront various challenges, as there was no proper shelter for them to take refuge in the forest. The villagers, who became displaced due to the SAC air strike, were not aware of or informed about the air strike prior to the incident. They were all asleep in their houses in the villages at the time of the incident, and immediately fled from their villages to escape, [following] the air strike.
Since then, from the beginning of April to April 30th, villagers in over half of the villages from Hsaw Htee Township have had to displace to forests to save their lives [due to ongoing military activity]. They still do not dare to return to their villages to sleep over night, as they worry that the SAC might conduct air strikes again and enter KNU-controlled areas to attack the KNLA.
The air strikes that were conducted by the SAC have led to villagers becoming fearful. The villagers are afraid to engage in their livelihoods, travel and carry out other [day to day activities].
[KHRG has also documented and published an incident where the SAC conducted an air strike on March 30th 2021 at Moe Aung gold mining site, located in Meh Theh Hkee place near Htee Hpa Doh village, Meh Yeh Hkee village tract, Hsaw Htee Township. It killed eight mine workers and a KNLA radio operator; two others were injured (one mine worker and a member of the KNU Forestry Department).[9]]
As well as conducting air strikes in Kler Lwee Htoo District, the SAC air forces conducted several air strikes into civilian places in KNU-controlled areas in Doo Tha Htoo, Mu Traw and Dooplaya districts in 2021 and these types of incidents continue at the time of reporting in April 2022.
Further background reading on the situation on human rights violations in Kler Lwee Htoo District in Southeast Burma can be found in the following KHRG reports: