Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Rape as a weapon of war in Burma

Three Chinese women were gang raped Friday by Burmese soldiers under Burma Army’s Military Operation Command-3 (MOC-3). The commander of MOC-3 is Brig-Gen Myat Kyaw and the troops are under the direct control of Northern Regional Command (NRC), based in Myitkyina, in Kachin State, Kachin News Group said.

Each woman was raped by at least 10 Burmese soldiers at the banana plantation in Shadan Pa, between the Namsan Hka River and Munglai Hka River, west of Myitkyina-Manmaw (Bhamo) Road, sources close to the victims said.

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