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Govt militia continue to use villagers as forced labor in Karen State Despite a ceasefire in place, a Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) report criticizes a government-controlled militia, the Border Guard Force (BGF), for committing human right violations against villagers in Papun Township, Karen State. The KHRG’s report released on 23rd of April, documented that BGF battalions based in Papun Township – the 1013th and the 1014th – forced villagers from Meh Kanaw, Meh Thri Gyi, Meh Thri Poekhi and Htee Htaw Khi to transport wood, bamboo poles and thatch shingles to build its army camps. KHRG witnesses said that for the building of the Htee Lah Eh Hta Bridge that will cross the Yunalin River, as many as 10 villagers from Meh P’Ree and Kyaw Pah were ordered to work on it ....