UNOCHA :MYANMAR: Landmines take toll on livelihoods in east, 10 October 2011 Article highlights the dangers of gathering forest products for residents of Shwegyin in Eastern Bago Division, and reports that up to 40 incidents happen per two-month season when ginko nuts are harvested in July-August. The article also reports Read more…
Irrawaddy: Mon Porter Loses Leg in Landmine Ambush, 6 October 2011, Lawi Weng Report states that Myint Thein of Ta Dein village, was forced to work as a porter for the Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion No. 543. He lost his leg in a landmine incident. It is not known Read more…
Mon Porter Loses Leg in Landmine Ambush, Irrawaddy, Lawi Weng, 6 October 2011 Myint Thein, a 47-year-old Mon civilian, lost his leg to a landmine only half an hour after he had been conscripted by the Burmese army to work as a porter. The Burmese army commander had later phoned Read more…
BGF steal land and mine homes, Karen News, 2 October 2011 Villagers claim the BGF Battalion 1019 mined the main road into Htee Law Thi in Myawaddy Township and put in place a 6am to 6pm curfew, and that extra mines are laid during the curfew to restrict peoples movements.One villager Read more…
Myanmar/Burma continues to produce the World’s Largest Landmine Victims Pa Hae Po arrives after a difficult trip from the Burma-Thai border at the FAE Hospital in Lampang, northern Thailand. September 2011. Photo: Friends of the Asian Elephant Halt Mine Use in Burma, 30 September 2011 On 3 August 2010 an Read more…