Population transfer into Mon state
The Burmanization policy proves the motives of the ruling Burmese junta to exercise complete control over the Mon and other ethnic nationalities
The State Peace and Development Council, the current ruling
military junta in Burma has expanded its regiments and battalions in Mon State.
Over ten new regiments have been built in the former black and grey areas, which
will in effect increase military and civilian control over the Mon population.
The Mon political community and members of New Mon State Party (NMSP) now realize the ceasefire agreement process between the NMSP and the Burmese Army has not brought any political solution or any benefits for the people. The Burmanization policy proves the motives of the ruling Burmese junta to exercise complete control over the Mon and other ethnic nationalities, aptly referred to as the “Population Transfer Program”.
The Burmese Military Operation Command No (19) based in Ye Town has formed local militia groups, “Counter Insurgent Force” in Ye and Ye Phyu areas. A Mon politician in Ye said there are over 600 members of a militia group in the grey and black areas.
According to the source, the SPDC, led by Senior General Than Shwe has aggressively expanded ten new military regiments in Ye and Than Phyu-Zayat after 1995, the year the ceasefire agreement came into being.
The Military Operation Command No (19) recruited local “Security Guards”: native retiree Burmans from the pool of military personnel in rural Mon villages. Many local Mon politicians have the capacity to take the job but are refused and rejected of any positions. The villagers prefer their Village Chief (Headman) for the position, someone who speaks the Mon language and who is from the area.
“We know it to be what it is: simply discrimination against us, they take their men over ours due to the Burmanization policy”, said Win Thein, a senior politician in Ye. The local Village Chief who works under an order of the BA is assigned the job, while he earns no single Kyat (local currency) from the State; but he has the power to extract fees from the local population to pay him cash on hand with special instructions.
Some areas of Ye and Ye Phyu Townships, southern Mon State, are marked as “Black Areas” whereas there are a few anti-government armed forces that actively operate in the remote areas. The BA commanders take the opportunity of claiming that they need native Burmans to speak the same language or who understand Burmese for military instruction during security patrol, a local source said.
According to a source from the New Mon State Party, a military base in Mhokanin village, northern Ye, was built for the prime purpose of relocating retired military personnel and disabled war veterans to the camp. The military camp is near to local Mon villages where the Burman soldiers have free time to engage in social activities and mix with the local girls and women in the community, while many of the Mon men have left their homes due to human rights violation and economic destitution.
“It is clear that they (Burmese army) confiscated over 8,000 acres of land and built military bases, it is only for the purpose of population transfer”, the NMSP members in Ye said.
Many Burmese troops have been stationed after 1995 in Ye and Ye Phyu areas. Senior members of New Mon State Party who remain in the thick jungle in the Ye area have serious concerns over the policy of Burmainzation in its former controlled areas.
New Mon State Party and its armed wing Mon National Liberation Army reached a ceasefire agreement with the current Burmese regime in 1995 but no political settlement has been reached for the Mon people.
The Mon political community and members of New Mon State Party (NMSP) now realize the ceasefire agreement process between the NMSP and the Burmese Army has not brought any political solution or any benefits for the people. The Burmanization policy proves the motives of the ruling Burmese junta to exercise complete control over the Mon and other ethnic nationalities, aptly referred to as the “Population Transfer Program”.
The Burmese Military Operation Command No (19) based in Ye Town has formed local militia groups, “Counter Insurgent Force” in Ye and Ye Phyu areas. A Mon politician in Ye said there are over 600 members of a militia group in the grey and black areas.
According to the source, the SPDC, led by Senior General Than Shwe has aggressively expanded ten new military regiments in Ye and Than Phyu-Zayat after 1995, the year the ceasefire agreement came into being.
The Military Operation Command No (19) recruited local “Security Guards”: native retiree Burmans from the pool of military personnel in rural Mon villages. Many local Mon politicians have the capacity to take the job but are refused and rejected of any positions. The villagers prefer their Village Chief (Headman) for the position, someone who speaks the Mon language and who is from the area.
“We know it to be what it is: simply discrimination against us, they take their men over ours due to the Burmanization policy”, said Win Thein, a senior politician in Ye. The local Village Chief who works under an order of the BA is assigned the job, while he earns no single Kyat (local currency) from the State; but he has the power to extract fees from the local population to pay him cash on hand with special instructions.
Some areas of Ye and Ye Phyu Townships, southern Mon State, are marked as “Black Areas” whereas there are a few anti-government armed forces that actively operate in the remote areas. The BA commanders take the opportunity of claiming that they need native Burmans to speak the same language or who understand Burmese for military instruction during security patrol, a local source said.
According to a source from the New Mon State Party, a military base in Mhokanin village, northern Ye, was built for the prime purpose of relocating retired military personnel and disabled war veterans to the camp. The military camp is near to local Mon villages where the Burman soldiers have free time to engage in social activities and mix with the local girls and women in the community, while many of the Mon men have left their homes due to human rights violation and economic destitution.
“It is clear that they (Burmese army) confiscated over 8,000 acres of land and built military bases, it is only for the purpose of population transfer”, the NMSP members in Ye said.
Many Burmese troops have been stationed after 1995 in Ye and Ye Phyu areas. Senior members of New Mon State Party who remain in the thick jungle in the Ye area have serious concerns over the policy of Burmainzation in its former controlled areas.
New Mon State Party and its armed wing Mon National Liberation Army reached a ceasefire agreement with the current Burmese regime in 1995 but no political settlement has been reached for the Mon people.
