Type of Incident

Injury

Date of Incident(s)

April 27th 2013

Incident Location (Village, Township and District)

D--- Section, Myaing Gyi Ngu, Hlaing Bwe Township, Hpa-an District

Name    

Age

Sex

Ethnicity

Religion  

Family

Occupation

Village

Naw S---

One year and six months

Female

Karen

Buddhist

No

D---- section

Saw L---

20 days

Male

Karen

Buddhist

No

D--- section

Perpetrator Information

Name    

Rank

Unit

Base   

Commander

Saw Bee

Major

DKBA

Meh Th’Waw (Thai and Burma Border)

Major General Na Khan Mway

Saw Chit Thu

Major

BGF #1014

Myawaddy Town, Shwe Ko Ko

Major General Maung Maung Own

1. Explain the specific manner how you collected this information.

As a KHRG community member, as soon as I heard about this news, I went to T--- village where U H--- lives and I interviewed him. I interviewed him because he is S--- [the victim's] grandfather and the bullet exploded in his own house. Therefore, I interviewed U H--- about the abuse.

2. Explain how the source verified information accuracy.

Regarding this abuse, the information that is provided for us is all true because the bullet exploded in the source’s house and the children who got injured from the bullet explosion were his grandchildren. He described that, “We heard the sound of the gun and then, we went out of the house to check and my grandchildren were sleeping in the house. And at that time the bullet exploded from my house. If I was in the house, I would have also gotten injured.”

Describe the Incident(s) in complete detail. For each incident, be sure to include 1) when the incident happened, 2) where it happened, 3) what happened, 4) how it happened, 5) who was involved, and 6) why it happened.  Also describe any villager response(s) to the incident, the aftermath and the current living situation of the victims. Please, use the space prepared below and create attach if needed.

On April 26th and 27th 2013, fighting occurred and there were some people who got injured from the fighting. The place where the fighting happened is D--- Section, Myaing Gyi Ngu, Hlaing Bwe Township, Hpa-an District. The fighting happened between the DKBA [Democratic Karen Benevolent Army],[3] which is led by Bo[4] Bee and the BGF [Border Guard Force],[5] led by Bo Chit Thu. They attacked each other in Myaing Gyi  Ngu town.

The people who got injured from the fighting are Naw S---, who is one year and six months old, and Saw L---, who is 20 days-old. The two children got injured while they were sleeping inside the house during the fighting. The elders went outside of the house to check the situation after hearing the sound of the gun and, at that time, a bullet went into the house from the roof, which landed exactly in the room where the children were  sleeping. We are not sure if the bullet belonged to the DKBA or BGF. Because of the bullet, the two siblings,  Naw S--- and Saw L---, were injured. Naw S--- was injured on her head and her ear, which left a hole. She also  got two wounds on her back from being slightly hit by a piece of the bullet. Saw L--- got hit on his face and his  calf. In order for his grandchildren’s injuries to be healed, U H--- went to Hpa-an Hospital, which cost him  400,000 kyat (US $409.42).[6] The Major General Maung Maung, one of the BGF operations commanders,  supported him with 30,000 kyat (US $30.71). Now, the children’s injuries are healed completely.

Did the victim(s) provide permission to use this information? Explain how that permission was  provided.

U H--- allowed us to use this information as it is needed.