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by Karen National Union Information Center

　　　　- OCTOBER,1996 -

　　　on 24/OCT. The destructive works of the SLORC supported DKBA, Report from the church Pastor in HteeThayKee.
　　　1.The Baw Ta Raw christian church which is located in Hlaing Bwe township, Pa-an district was pulled down by the SLORC supported DKBA and all the church materials were reused in the building of their monestary at Myaing Gyi Ngu, the head quarters of the DKBA. All the christian believers were forced to become Buddhists and were forced to bow down and worship the Buddhist monks. The pastor's house was also burnt.
　　　2.The Own Daw christian church and the mission school which is located in Bu Tho township, Papun district was taken by the SLORC supported DKBA and four teacher's houses were pulled down and reused in the building of their monestary at Myaing Gyi Ngu, the head quarters of the DKBA.
　　　3.The Yaw Po Hta Muslim mosque which is located in Hlaing Bwe township, Pa-an district was pulled down by the SLORC supported DKBA, all the mosque moterials were reused in the building of their monestary at Myaing Gyi Ngu, the head quarters of the DKBA. All the muslem believers were also forced to leave the village.
　　　4.The Mee Zaing muslim mosque which is located in Bilin township, Thaton district was completely pulled down by the SLORC supported DKBA and a pagoda was built in the place of the former muslim mosque.
　　　　　　　　　　Reported by Pastor Stanley, Church Pastor.

　　　on 16/OCT. As the focus on Daw Aung Suu Kyi and NLD activities increases both internally and internationally,SLORC is now trying to incite dissent among its civilians by creating friction between christians and buddhists.
　　　In many places in the Karen State , the SLORC officers are now issuing orders that every house in a village must have a buddhist altar to show that they are buddhists. If anyone refuses , they will be evicted from the village.
　　　In a village, the SLORC officers order the villagers to build a buddhist monastary even though there were no buddhists in the village. The villagers were forced to donate cash as well as labor for the monastary. The villager pastor and the church leaders were forced to lay the foundation of the monastary and worship it. Although they declined, they were forced against their wishes. If any house was found to be in the way of the monastary it was destroyed.
−"The names of villages and people have been retained for security"

　　　from Tavoy-Mergui district on 7/OCT. Since SLORC troops of the South East Sub-regional Command,commanded by Brigadier General Thiha Thura Sitt Maung, organised and set up its headquarters in Tenasserim division, martial law and threats increased in the areas of dispute,especially in Tavoy-Mergui district, namely; Mergui township, Palaung township, Tenasserim township, Klo Ko township and Bhut Pyin township. Reports say that there are forced relocatios,threats, rapes and properties confiscation of the locals.
　　　Villagers they don't trust or designated of supporters of resistance groups were killed brutally and the death toll has been rising to more than 200. Most of the locals have left their villages and are scattered through out the area. Some have evacuated to the Thai-border.

　　　from Toungoo District on 4/OCT. Starting from September 21,the SLORC troops station at Kler La and Kaw Thay Der villages demanded about 30 porters from the locals every day to carry military supplies to its troops at the front line. As the rainy season is coming to an end, the Burmese forces are preparing to launch an offense against the resistance groups.
　　　On September 26, the commander of column 2 of Light Infantry Battalion(LIB)540, Soe Myint, shot and killed 2 villagers who were panning gold at Htee Nga Peh Loh. At present LIB 538 has set up its positions and is active in the area. The troops active in the area are looting gold or any other valuable properties they could find from the gold panners and they have plans to search for gold and mine it mechanically and ban the locals from panning gold in the area.


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