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The body of 38-year-old U Chit Hlaing, a civilian, lies on the forest floor in Toungoo District. SPDC soldiers from Light Infantry Division (LID) #88 and Military Operations Command (MOC) #5 operating under the command of Win Htain Oo shot and killed U Chit Hlaing on July 7th 2007. [Photo: KHRG]

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Saw Nah Dtoo [A-18], a resident of Taw Gkoo relocation site, was shot dead on September 20th 2007 by SPDC soldiers for violating military-imposed movement restrictions. The soldiers were under the command of LIB #541 Column #2 commander, Yeh Aung. Saw Nah Dtoo was killed while tending his cardamom and betel nut plantation in his home village of Kher Der Bpee Koh. His family was unable to bury him for over 24 hours while the SPDC soldiers lay in ambush for anyone that came to recover the body. When the SPDC left the area, villagers accompanied by KNLA soldiers for protection, hurriedly buried the corpse [A-19]. Saw Nah Dtoo was 30 years old and left a wife and two children. [Photos: KHRG]

This villager [A-52] from See Daw Koh village was shot by an SPDC soldier and survived for some time with a bullet remaining in his stomach. However, this bullet caused him much pain and so he sought out a mobile Karen medic to have the bullet surgically removed, as shown here on October 18th 2007. [Photos: KHRG]

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On November 15th 2007, SPDC soldiers from Light Infantry Battalions (LIBs) #218 and 219 shot and killed Saw Ler Gkay [A-75], a 28-year-old Karen villager from K--- village in Gkwee Lah village ward, Kyauk Kyi township, Nyaunglebin District. Although Saw Ler Gkay was a civilian, the SPDC deemed him a legitimate military target because he was in an area that was not firmly under military control. Saw Ler Gkay was married and had three children [A-76] between the ages of three months and six years. Now that he is dead his surviving wife will face increasing difficulties in supporting her children and herself. [Photos: KHRG]

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Saw M--- displays his injured right hand which was hit by Burma Army gunfire. This photo was taken in August 2008 while Saw M--- was residing in Tantabin Township, southern Toungoo District. [Photos: KHRG]

On August 29th 2008, SPDC LIB #256 (under the authority of LID #101), led by battalion commander Kyaw Kyaw, headed out on patrol from the SPDC army camp at Meh Way in Papun District. On August 30th at approximately 8:00 am, these troops came across a displaced hiding site in the area of Meh Bpaw Kee. While marching across one of the hillside farm fields at this site, the soldiers spotted a field hut [Photo B-148] in which a group of displaced villagers were taking rest. [Photos: KHRG]

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The soldiers fired on the hut and those inside fled. Holes left in the hut by SPDC bullets are visible in photos B-149, B-150 and B-151. An SPDC bullet hit 39-year-old Saw Myit Thay, one of the villagers, behind the ear. The bullet passed through his head and exited through his eye. Saw Myit Thay died on the spot. Photo B-152 shows the spot - stained with blood - where Saw Myit Thay was shot and killed (as photographed on September 11th 2008).

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The other remaining villagers, including 50-year-old Naw R---, her 20-year-old daughter Naw A---, three of her grandchildren, and her son-in-law Saw P--- likewise tried to flee the hut. However, as the SPDC soldiers fired on the fleeing villagers, they hit Naw R---'s granddaughter, 9-year-old Naw Ree Htoo. The bullet split open Naw Ree Htoo's head and she died on the spot. The villagers then stopped running and the SPDC soldiers ordered them to sit on the ground.

At this time, Naw R---'s other daughter, 25-year-old Naw B---, who had been away at her farm field, returned to the hut where she was spotted by the soldiers and ordered to likewise sit down on the ground. The soldiers then proceeded to ransack the hut (photos B-153, B-154 and B-155) taking with them 37,000 kyat [US $33.94] in cash and three packets of baby milk powder which they found inside. After finishing with the hut, the soldiers ordered Naw R---, her two daughters and two surviving grandchildren to follow them on their patrol. The villagers were made to follow the soldiers for two days before being released.

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The bodies of Naw Ree Htoo and Saw Myit Thay - who had been shot dead during the attack - were left exposed at the hut until KNDO soldiers arrived three days later and buried them next to the hut. The gravesite of Saw Myit Thay is shown in Photo B-156, that of Naw Ree Htoo in Photo B-157 and both together in photo B-158. Photo B-159 shows the casings from the bullets fired at the hut on August 30th that were later retrieved from the site of the incident. [Photos: KHRG]

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Saw L--- [Photos B-167 and B-168], a 45-year-old villager from Sih Daw Koh village tract, Tantabin Township, southern Toungoo District, shown here on November 7th 2008. Saw L--- was out in his fields harvesting his paddy crop when Burma Army soldiers from LIB #56 spotted him and shot him through his right leg. The soldiers then ordered Saw L--- to accompany them on their patrol. After staying one night with the patrol, the soldiers released Saw L--- and he was able to reach a hospital in Toungoo District where medics treated his injured leg. [Photos: KHRG]

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Naw S--- and her baby boy, internally displaced villagers in Toungoo District, spoke to KHRG on November 7th 2008. Burma Army soldiers shot Naw S---'s husband, Saw Gkoh Dtroh, on October 30th 2008 when he was checking the security situation at a vehicle road near his abandoned village. He was attempting to return to collect belongings left behind when he and his family earlier fled to evade Burma Army patrols. [Photo: KHRG]