Burma: Daughter raped, mother beaten, villagers robbed
By Kwarn Lake

March 28, 2008 - (S.H.A.N) A Burma Army patrol had last week robbed villagers in Southern Shan State, where a girl was raped and her mother was beaten, according to local sources.

On 21 March, over 40 soldiers from Laikha-based LIB 515 led by Captain Kyaw Myint Thein arrived at Park Yarn village, Mong Yai village tract, Mong Nawng sub-township Kehsi township. One of them went into a house in the village and raped a 17-year-old girl and beat her mother who was trying to stop the man, said a local.

A resident of Mong Nawng said, "Her mother was beaten by the soldier with a fire wood and her head was bleeding wetting her whole body. As villagers heard her crying, they came to try to stop [the man], but the rest of the soldiers came and beat the villagers who were then dispersed".

The source added, "While villagers scattered, the soldiers fired their guns into the air about 15 shots. Then the whole village became deserted. Some soldiers then went into the villagers' houses and took whatever they wanted in the houses".

Among the villagers who lost their property where Nai Mai [not real name] and Nang Aye Am [not real name]. Their losses were mats, chickens and cash, Kyat 5,000 ($ 4.54) and Kyat 20,000 ($17.9) respectively, according to the source.

LIB 515 is often found patrolling in Mong Keung, Kehsi and Laikha townships, said another local.

From:http://www.shanland.org/humanrights/2008/daughter-raped-mother-beaten-villagers-robbed