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Two SPDC-manufactured
MM-2 landmines removed by KNDO [paramilitary militia attached to the
KNLA] soldiers in northern Papun District in March 2002. One mine
was found near Loh Koh Ler village and the other near Htee Khaw Day
village. These mines were laid by soldiers of SPDC LIB #259.
[Photo: KHRG researcher]
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Saw
P---
is a 24 year old farmer from
xxxx
village, Toungoo District. He is married and has one child. A KHRG
researcher in the area reported that Captain Thet Oo, operations
commander of Strategic Operations Command #3, Southern Command, ordered
IB #53 under Major Aung Ko Lin to lay a lot of landmines in the area.
On March 22nd 2002, Saw P---
stepped on one
of
the
mines while coming back from visiting
yyyy
village. This photo was taken at a
KNU
clinic the next day. His left foot was blown off and he also lost one
testicle and his left index finger.
[Photo: KHRG researcher]
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#F26:
SPDC soldiers under deputy battalion commander Aung Ko Lay of IB #53
laid landmines throughout the Kaw Thay Der area in early 2002.
On
on
April 2nd 2002
Naw
L---,
a 25 year old
xxxx
villager,
was ordered by deputy company commander K---
to cut the brush beside the Kler Lah-Bu Sah Kee road. While she was
doing this she stepped on one of the landmines
just before
noon.
Her
lower left leg was blown off, her right one was mangled, her hands were
injured and she was blinded by the shrapnel. She died at 2 o’clock the
same afternoon. The photo was taken the same day.
[Photos: KHRG researcher]
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#F34:
This villager was wounded by shrapnel from a landmine in Nyaunglebin
District in February 2002.
[Photo: KHRG researcher]
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#F35:
Saw A---,
30 years old, is a villager from
xxxx
village in Bu Tho township of Papun District. Column #1 of LIB #102
came to his village and forced him to go as a porter, and on March 1st 2002, he stepped on
a landmine near
yyyy
village in Papun District. The soldiers left him under a house with one
of his friends and continued on. After three days, patrolling KNLA
soldiers found them and took him to a clinic. This photo was taken on
June 26th 2002.
[Photo: KHRG researcher]
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#F36: Saw K---, 35 years old, was injured by a KNLA landmine in
August 2002 in Papun District. Luckily the injury was minor and he did
not lose his leg. This photo was taken when he went to seek treatment
at a KNU clinic with his wife and child. This photo was taken in August
2002 and not in January 1998 as imprinted on the photo. [Photo: KHRG
researcher]
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