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FBR REPORT: FBR Relief Mission in Central Shan State Oct 9th, 2009 - Jan 10th 2010
Shan State, Burma
20 March, 2010

Mission Summary:
Three Shan FBR relief teams gave humanitarian relief to Shan villagers displaced by the attacking Burma army.
Teams treated patients, gave medicine, documented human rights abuses, did Good Life Club programs for
women and children, and sent reports on Burma Army activities in Mung Pan, Khun Hing, Lai Kah, Kay Si, and
Mung Kung Districts. The team visited 8 schools (most other schools were closed because of lack of teachers)
and had treated over 2,000 patients.

Burma Army activity:

On August 27, 2009 Military Operation Command (MOC) 12, with battalions 9, 64, and 515 burned 274 homes
and displaced over 1,800 people. The State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) tried to cover up their
action by building new houses for the villagers. They forced villagers and businessmen in the surrounding area to
pay for these homes. The Burma army actively patrols these areas to stop the villagers from contacting the Shan
ethnic pro-democracy resistance for example in Lai Kah where MOC 249 is security for the new houses. The
security watches the builders and is allowed to shoot anyone who comes near the village that they don't know.

IDP situation:
1,864 people fled when their homes were burned. One villager was killed when he was caught trying to help put
out fires started by the Burma Army. The Burma Army shot this villager then threw his body in a burning house.
The three villages that were burned were: Ho Lome, Ho Khai, and Kung Jam Kah. There were eight other villages
that were harmed in the Lai Kah District. 1,864 IDPs had to flee, but were then told to return and live in the new
houses built by the Burma Army.

Team Summary:
The team interviewed IDPs, took pictures of burned houses and new houses being built, and of the IDP camps.
They gave medical aid and were able to visit, and encourage the villagers.

Thank you for your support in helping this team make a difference bringing help, hope, and love in Shan State,
Burma.

Thank you and God Bless you,

FBR Shan Team

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Team medic giving medical aid to IDPs in Shan State

A team member teaching new IDPs about health in Lai Kah

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Temporary house where up to eight families live

New houses built by the Burma Army

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Burned house from Lai Kah area

This man was tied up and beaten by soldiers from Military Operation Command
(MOC) 9. He almost died but his friends took him to a doctor. This picture was
taken after three months of healing

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The Free Burma Ranger’s (FBR) mission is to provide hope, help and love to internally displaced people inside
Burma, regardless of ethnicity or religion. Using a network of indigenous field teams, FBR reports on human rights
abuses, casualties and the humanitarian needs of people who are under the oppression of the Burma Army. FBR
provides medical, spiritual and educational resources for IDP communities as they struggle to survive Burmese
military attacks.

For more information, please visit www.freeburmarangers.org

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