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1 nlm... BBG mm.n.r.c MON NATONAL RELEF COMMT MONTHLY REPOR JUNE 19

2 The Five Points of the Aim of Mon National Relief Committee 1. Resettlement of the refugees who become homeless due to the oppression o Rangoon rt'ilitary regime. 2. To help the wa~are of the refugees who become jobless due to oppression of military regime. 3. To take care and look after the health of the refugees. 4. To fight against illiteracy for the children in the refugee camps. 5. To struggle for human rights.

3 The Organization of Mon National Relief Committee 1. Phra Wongsa Pala - Chairman 2. Nai Shwe Thein - Vice-Chairman 3. Nai Kasauh Mon - Secretary 4. Nai Dung Htaw -Member 5. Nai Chit Nyunt - Member 6. Phra Tay Jae - Member

4 Monthly Report ofmon National Relief Comm (June, 1998) Completion oftransportation ofstock-piling Supplies As the monsoon weather come late to the Thai-Burma border area, luckily has good chance to complete its transportation of stock-piling supplie rain is heavy. The MNRC has always considered to complete this transporta since its resettlement camps of Mon refugees are situated along the border a its main office where it has arranged for all transportation of supplies. Although the transportation of all supplies before the rainy season is work of MNRC, it has always faced various kind of difficulties in every year's season. Because of the delay of permission in last year, the MNRC also dela in some supplies to Bee Ree and Tavoy camps. t had to stock the supplies way to the camps, the refugees had to carry these supplies in the whole rainy s The MNRC started sending in supplies to Halockhani resettlmen December, 1997, for the Karen new arrivals who were recently forced to ab villages because of consistent forced relocation and SLORC's military camp population of the refugees suddenly increased and they urgently needed the assistance. Therefore, BBC aksed permission from Thai government to pr supplies to those new arrivals and the MNRC, as a local relief organiz responsibility and sent in supplies. During the whole year of 1997, the SLORC had launched continu offensives against KNU bases which situated mostly in mountainous area of and Tenasserim Division. While the offensives were launched in the rural ar Karen local inhabitants also suffered from the various kind of human right SLORC troops. Many local villages along Three-Pagoda-Pass-Thanbyu relocated and the villagers were pushed to move into designated villages These villagers had to abandon their belongings, such as farmlands, livestocks and etc, and thus many thousands of villagers decided to not stay control villages. f they arrived inside SLORC designated villages, the constantly conscripted as forced labourers to build military barracks or to porters to carry ammunitions and supplies for the soldiers in frontline. M villagers escaped from the systematic persecution and arrived to Hteewadoe, Halockhani camp, to take refuge. At the same time, the MNRC also had to build a new road along the b the Thai authorities didnot allow the road inside Thailand that recently used to transport supplies to other camps from Halockhani resettlement camps. two months to complete the inner road. Therefore, it has delayed sending Bee Ree and Tavoy camps but anyhow it could complete transportation of the the end. Then, it has been sending in all stock-piling supplies for Halockhan for the whole June continuously. When the human rights situation inside Burma is worst, normally many of refugees will flee to take refuge in border refugee camps or refugee r camps. Because of unwelcome policy on Burmese refugees by Thai author thousands of villagers have been displaced inside Burmese territory and so also faced food-shortage problems. Some displaced persons could stay in under administration of NMSP, but they also faced various kind of dif survival. But for the families who arrived in the Mon refugee resettlement sites get foods from Thailand. Until the situation inside Burma is stable or no hu

5 abuses is committed by soldiers, these displaced population must rem situation. When they arrived to resettlement camps, they also hav farms and find other jobs for income because of the unstable situati in area outside of the campsite. The humanitarian assistance for the or refugees is also in need until they can return their native homes. Ye-Tavoy Railway Closed and Conscription of Forced Labour Continued Although Ye-Tavoy railway was opened on 26 March, on the Day, by General Secretary No. 2 of SPDC, General Tin 00, some again before the end of May. Heavy rain and flow of water in destroyed these parts of railway. n the third week of May, the SPD didnot allow trains to run on it because of heavy rain and accident in Later on, the water flow after heavy rain came and destr embankment near Kanbauk and Paukpingwin village, and many bri were also thrown away by the water flow. Therefore, the local SPDC No. 408, 409, 410, lb. 343, and E. 25 have mainly responsed to c thousands of villagers from Ye, Yebyu, Launglon and Tavoy township These villagers are instructed to go to work-site with their during this rainy season. They are not provided with any payment or medical treatment when they are sick. The military commander village headmen of all village tracts from these townships to send th labourers. This railway was built with mainly contribution of manual labo the area for four years and it was also known as "death railway" by soldiers conscripted many hundred of thousands of villagers from district of Mon State and Tavoy district of Tenasserim Division. Be conscrption of forced labour, many thousands of villagers also fled went into Thailand or to refugee camp to escape. The soldiers also beated the villagers in the work-site when th sick villagers were not allowed from the work-site for treatment provide a substitute. Various kinds of mis-treatment were violated villagers had to abandon their own works. Sometimes, the villager construction for one month and lost chance to work their own jobs to When the villagers could not provide labour in the cons instructed by the soldiers to pay about 4000 Kyat for two weeks Thus, many corrupt commanders received a lot of payment from the hire the substitute labourers. But the villagers were getting mor Then they have to abandon their villages and move to other places, r Thailand to seek new jobs. Among many works in the process of raihvay constructi embankment was the most hardest one. The villagers had to dig ea or build about 15 meters high embankment. n building thi authorities didnot use any possible machines to complete it and just of the villagers. Therefore, the embankment was not strong enough like buil n every year rainy season, the embankment of the railway was destr of it cut by water flow. Last year the SLORC also used forced labour of embankment. Now, the conscription of forced labour is still tak month already_ Some villagers also started to flee from their vill labour.

6 According to villagers, this railway must be closed for many months bridges must be re-built again. Thus, the villagers are still afraid of being co forced labourers for the whole rainy season. The population displacement a flux could be happened because of constant conscription of forced labour.

7 THE REFUGEE POPULATON OF THE THREE CAM (June, 1998) No Camp Number Over 12 yrs of 5 12 yrs Under 5y Family M F M F M F L Bee Ree Tavoy Halockhani TOTAL THE MATERAL RECEVED BY THE MON NATONAL RELEF (June, 1998) No Organization Rice Fish Salt Sadin Paste (sack) (kg.) (kg.) (tins) ] 2 COERR Coos0l1ium Total

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