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LIB no. 273, forced resident to serve portering into their operation
- Location Natkyizin, Tenasserim Division
- Date Aug 13 2009
- Time 01:52
- Category FORCED LABOR / အဓမၼခိုင္းခံရေသာ အလုပ္သမား
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Incident Report Description
On August 13th, the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) no. 273 led by Captain Thein Sein, forced two villagers into service as porters for the column Kyauktalin to Natkyizin. The two Kyauktalin villagers were forced to carry bullets, food supplies, a cooking port, an a communication machine for two days.
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