This photo was taken on April 24th 2013 in H--- village, Noh Kay village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township by a community member trained by KHRG. It depicts the drug yaba in pill form after it has already been packaged for individual sale. According to the community member who spoke with villagers affected by the sale of this drug, members of the Border Guard Force (BGF) manufacture and sell the drug to many villages throughout T’Nay Hsah and Ta Kreh townships. The drug is also reported to be sold by some villagers in H--- village to supplement their income. The BGF person implicated in leading the production of yaba is Mya Khaing, the Commander of Battalion #1016, based in Kyeh Paw Ka La Kon army camp in Kyeh Paw village, while the yaba is manufactured on the T’Nay Hsah and Noh Hta Baw cliffs. In July 2012, a different villager from G--- village described that the drug is distributed and sold widely by family members of BGF soldiers and, as a result, other villagers have become afraid to sell the drug. [Photo: KHRG]
The following photos were taken by a villager in Hpa-an District who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights conditions. They are presented below, censored where necessary for security purposes. [1] The three photos below were received along with other information from Hpa-an District, including 532 additional photos and four video clips.[2]
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These two photos were taken on June 27th 2012 in K--- village, Mya Pa Taing Nee village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township by a community member trained by KHRG. The photos depict the drug called yaba, which is manufactured by the BGF Battalion #1016’s commander, Mya Khaing; it is packaged similarly to candy; and then is sold everywhere in the area in T’Nay Hsah and Ta Kreh townships. A resident villager told the community member that many young boys and students are using the drug and have become addicted. Some parents of the addicts are also reported to have accumulated debt because their children are borrowing money from them in order to purchase the drug. The villagers expressed that they want the drug to stop being sold in their areas. [Photos: KHRG]
The following photos were taken by a villager in Hpa-an District who has been trained by KHRG to monitor human rights conditions. They are presented below, censored where necessary for security purposes. [1] The three photos below were received along with other information from Hpa-an District, including 532 additional photos and four video clips.[2]