Mon: Military Bans Carrying Food to Farms in Southern Ye Township
Following the clash between the State Peace and Development Council troops and the Mon Armed Group, military authorities warned villagers not to carry food
The military authorities have warned villagers not to carry food with them when they go to their farms in Southern Ye Township. The ban comes following the clash between the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) troops under the new tactical commander and the Mon Armed Group led by Chan Done on Sunday. On Sunday morning the two groups clashed near Sin Kuu village, in Southern Ye Township Mon State, in lower
The tactical commander Col. Myo Win who has been reposted in the area, is infamous as a ‘rapist soldier’. He has a record of raping many Mon women and forcing young women to entertain him as models in so called fashion shows during military operations in 2003-2004 in the area.
That he has not mended his ways was clear when Hun Gun villagers were forced to buy the best whisky and a bed for Col Myo Win. Villagers in Yin Yae had to buy six bottles of the best whisky. Local villagers are apprehensive that the colonel would threaten local villagers and sexually abuse the women as he had done in the past.
“They called a meeting this morning and told us to destroy the huts and not to take food when we go to the farms because they want to cut supply of foodstuff to soldiers of the Mon Armed Group,” the villager added.
They also ordered us to make a village compound with bamboos to make it difficult for the armed group to enter the village, said a Sin Kuu villager, near which the fighting occurred.
“The ban on carrying foodstuff will make it difficult for us with the onset of the betel nut season. Everybody has to work in the farms the whole day and therefore not carrying food is a difficult proposition. The further the farms the worse it is for us,” said a farm owner.
The military government reposted Col.Myo Win in the area after Mon armed groups killed a person who could not speak Mon in Ye town
