Refugees that fled in June 2009 and afterwards have repeatedly told KHRG that they fled not only because of fighting, but also because of heavy demands for forced labour imposed by the SPDC and DKBA to support their respective military operations. KHRG has extensively documented the broad use of forced labour by the DKBA and the SPDC for over 18 years, and has continued to receive reports of exploitative demands in the area of return as recently as January 2010. Every day since January 2010, for instance, DKBA soldiers based at the Wa Kaw Loo camp have forced seven villagers to come and work repairing, maintaining and building different parts of the camp. Villagers told KHRG that both men and women are required to perform forced labour, and that they have been required to do the following duties: clearing the camp compound; cutting down trees and bamboo; making barriers; building huts, food storage barns, a clinic and a mess hall; and making pieces for bamboo traps. Because most of the villagers from the area around Wa Kaw Loo camp fled to Thailand, DKBA soldiers have forced people to come from as far away as Gklay Poe Glo and Gklay Moh Kee villages, which are a 2.5 hour walk away.