| It is reported that the local authorities
in Leikha in southeast Shan State are taking counter measures
on the investigations by the ICRC on human rights abuses including
alleged gang rapes of Shan women by Burmese soldiers. The counter
investigations team was led by the secretary of the local authority,
U Kan Tun and he is supported by the immigration department
and the police.
The team took a field
trip from the 28th to the 31st of March and mainly investigated
on Htae Seng and Htam Kham Villages which were visited by
the ICRC. The team met villagers, elders and monks and interrogated
them on what the ICRC asked them and especially whether the
ICRC has contact with armed Shan rebels.
The ICRC team, composed of four foreigners
and one Burmese woman, started investigations in Leikha Township
since the 19th of March. |
