ပအို၀္း ျပည္သူမ်ား ဆီဆိုင္ ျမိဳ ့နယ္ အနီး ေက်းရြာတြင္ ညွင္းပမ္းႏွိတ္စက္ အသတ္ျဖတ္ခံရ

PYO Statement on SPDC Killing And Torturing
2009 May 11
tags: Burma, Human Rights, Junta, KNLA, KNU, PYO, SPDC SOLDIERS, Thugs and Thieves, world focus on Burma
by peacerunning
The Pa-O Villagers Hsi Hseng Township
May 8, 2009
On May 6, 2009, SPDC Light Infantry Battalion No 425 brutally killed
village headman and another about 20 years old young man of Saw Sar village, as well as tortured 80 villagers from Naung Tha Bang and Saw Sar village in Hsi Hseng Township, southern Shan State.
All the arrested 80 villagers were accused of in connection with resistance groups and inhumanly tied, beaten, kicked and hit by SPDC soldiers during the brutally interrogation. Most of villager covered with blood, some even unable to walk and bleeding from their mouth, and seriously wounded.

We, PYO believe that, the brutal action against innocent villagers, was in response to the joint ally of Pa-O National Liberation Army and Karen National Liberation Army clashed with Burma Army Patrolling near Banyen, about 50 miles south of Taunggyi, capital of Shan State on May 3, 2009.

Following the clashed, SPDC soldiers currently speed up military operation, and arresting villagers in Hsi Hseng township for porter, carrying arms and ammunition to front line. One local people said “No man sleeping at home and living in the village now. Every body runs away to the forest and hide, and a lot of people take refuge in the Buddhist temple”

The villagers are just civilians and simply working in farm for their livelihood in their daily lives, and not involve with any arm groups. They are now become the victims of conflict between arm groups.

Therefore, we, Pa-O Youth Organization (PYO) strongly condemned SPDC action killing the innocence civilians, and military operation against the ethnic people, and respect human right.

Pa-O Youth Organization

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