Ethnic armed groups also guilty of land confiscation: The case of Kha Yone Gu

July 11, 2013

HURFOM: In recent months Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) has been tracking various cases of land confiscation, some of which took place years ago but have only now come to light. So far, published documentation has focussed on confiscations perpetrated by the Burmese military, local authorities and private companies working on government projects. However, field reporters have noted that numerous ethnic armed groups have also been involved in land seizures in Mon areas. Residents have accused ethnic armed groups of taking advantage of the on-going peace process to further their own interests, with the government giving groups involved in 2012 ceasefires the authority to take land from residents.

Today HURFOM reports on one particular series of land confiscations, carried out in the area of Kha Yon Guu in Mon State’s Kyiakmayaw Township.

Land confiscations in Kha Yon Guu

Reports from Kha Yone Gu concern the activities of a small Mon armed group, known both as the Mon Peace Group and the Nai Shoung group. Recently they are alleged to have imported illegal weapons, appeasing military forces by selling arms to the South Eastern Command. As a result, last year, having built good relations with the Burmese military, they sought permission to deploy troops to the Kha Yone Gu area. Their request was granted and troops were deployed to the central bus-stop area of Kha Yone Gu, led by Maj. Nai Bying.

Land confiscations began immediately. Nai Bying, who also holds a government appointed position of authority in the region, seized land from Kha Yone Gu residents to secure it for the troop’s use. The armed group are reported to have consulted the Kyaikmayaw Township Land Records Department to find the most suitable pieces of land. Farms were taken from residents of various villages, who reportedly possessed the paperwork to prove their ownership of the land. When landowners tried to resist seizures, showing this paperwork to armed group forces, they were threatened at gunpoint and intimidated into handing over their plantations. The confiscated land was fenced off and the group put up their flag to mark the territory as their own.

Gambling has continued to plague the Thai-Burma border sub-township of Three Pagodas Pass (TPP).

July 3, 2013

HURFOM: Gambling has continued to plague the Thai-Burma border sub-township of Three Pagodas Pass (TPP). In what looked like a promising move, local police forces recently seized 9 slot machines from TPP’s Quarter No. 3. However, the machines were returned to their owners shortly afterwards. Residents have expressed concerns, saying that they want the gambling to stop.

slot machines TPP

The slot machine seizures came after a fight broke out in a gambling hall on 30 June, 2013. Subsequently, the senior monk from the Dhama Haywon monastery demanded that local police forces respond to the incident, resulting in the seizure of 9 slot machines from TPP’s Quarter No. 3. According to a local source, the machines belonged to members of the Border Guard Force. However, following the seizures, owners did not face any repercussions. Furthermore, the slot machines were returned to them on the condition that they sign an agreement stating that they would not continue to operate the machines.

Slot machines have been illegal in Burma for some time now. At the beginning of February 2012, the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) prohibited slot machines and gambling as part of an anti-poverty program.  However, ethnic armed groups and police forces have continued to operate gambling centers in TPP, with the government failing to exert its influence to stop illegal gambling.

In TPP, gambling is tied up with many other social problems. 2013 has seen an increase in the number of brothels and gambling halls, both of which are common venues for drug and alcohol abuse, and prostitution.

Residents have expressed concerns about these activities. “To advance the residents’ social development, there should not be any gambling, drugs, or human trafficking,” said a member of an armed group who chose to remain anonymous. “First the government should clean those things out to promote the city. Unless the corruption and the gambling centers are gone, the villagers will not attain peace.”

“HUMAN RIGHTS” IN OIC ISLAM COUNTRIES!!! Norwegian woman raped, gets 16 months in jail for sex outside marriage

In Islam the victim of rape is to blame, for she has sullied the family’s honor by engaging in sexual immorality. The fact that it was forced upon her makes no difference at all.

THIS IS ONE REASON WHY BURMESE MONKS WANT  INTERFAITH MARRIAGE LAW TO PROTECT BUDDHIST WOMEN.CAUSE AFTER MARRIAGE WITH MUSLIM MAN ,WOMEN LOOSE ALL CIVIL RIGHTS FROM THE STATE AND FALL UNDER THE ISLAM LAW.

A young Norwegian woman has been sentenced to 16 months in jail after she reported a rape in Dubai.

The 25-year-old was in the United Arab Emirates on a business trip when she was raped and reported the assault to the local police.

Dubai police did not believe her, and instead took her passport and jailed her on suspicion of having had sex outside marriage.

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The Norwegian woman reported the sexual assault in March this year, after which she had to spend days in a cell before she was allowed to use a telephone.

With the help of family members, the Norwegian consulate was able to negotiate a release and she has been living under the protection of the Norwegian Sailor’s Church until her sentencing this week.

‘I received the harshest sentence for sex outside marriage, harshest sentence for drinking alcohol and on top of that I was found guilty of perjury,’ the woman told Verdens Gang.

‘It is a terrible situation she is in,’ said Gisle Meling, the priest at the Norwegian Sailor’s Church.

‘We are very surprised and had hoped it would go another way, but we live in a country which has a justice system which draws its conclusions with the help of Sharia law.’

She was sentenced to one year and four months in jail but as Norway has no extradition treaty with Dubai, her future is uncertain.

The young Norwegian woman’s story is not unique.

Earlier this year Australian Alicia Gali, 27, spoke of how she was thrown in a Dubai jail for eight months after she reported a rape.

Miss Gali was working at hotel chain Starwood when her drink was spiked in the staff bar.

She awoke to find that three colleagues had raped her, but when she went to a hospital for help, they turned her over to the police and she was charged with illicit sex outside marriage.

Under UAE law, rapists can only be convicted if either the perpetrator confesses or if four adult Muslim males witness the crime.

Under the Sharia-influenced laws, sex before marriage is completely forbidden and an unmarried couple holding hands in public can be jailed.

Foreigners jailed in Dubai are deported immediately after completing their sentences.

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/07/modern-moderate-dubai-norwegian-woman-raped-gets-16-months-in-jail-for-sex-outside-marriage.html

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