Junta Column Moving Through Launglon Township

Junta Column Moving Through Launglon Township

On 14 June the column of about 80 junta soldiers started moving through the villages south of Launglon Town. After about a week they stationed themselves in Kanyonkyun Village. 40 to 50 villagers, many of whom were elderly, who had not managed to flee in advance of the junta column remained in the village. The junta soldiers forced the residents to stay in their homes and killed several of them. A junta soldier also allegedly raped a 70-year-old…