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Report to the International Labour Organization on Forced Labor in Burma from Dec. 2000-Apr. 2001 - introduction PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 04 June 2001
Article Index
introduction
interview 1
interview 2
interview 3
interview 4
interview 6
interview 7
interview 8
interview 9
interview 11
interview 25
interview 28
interview 32
interview 33
interview 36
interview 37
interview 38
interview 39
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Interview #1

Karen Farmer
Ye Pyu Township, Tenasserim Division, Burma

. . . Now for the labor that we have to do free for the soldiers is cut the firewood, carry the water, and "stand by" porter for one person for each day. [The interviewee was interviewed in January 2001.] I myself I did not go to work, but my husband had to go very often. If we did not go we had to pay at least 150 kyat a day. We did not have money, so every time we ourselves just had to go do the labor.