It can’t be hard to guess this is happening but it doesn’t stop it from being truly depressing when one learns the details…
SINGAPORE: Throats sliced. Genitals cut off. Eyeballs dug out.
In the last 12 months, witnesses have detailed these accounts of mass killings and torture seen in bodies dug up from mass graves in parts of Myanmar.
Even though street protests have died down across the country – with most sizzling into flash mobs – heavy fighting in Myanmar has intensified.
And many people have said they live in constant fear.
Now, villagers continue to flee from military air strikes and actively avoid being caught in the crossfire between the Myanmar army and local resistance forces.
There are also clear signs that the Myanmar army has reprised its hallmark tactic of destroying entire villages where there may be support for the opposition.
Security analysts say such acts force villagers to flee, thereby exposing any resistance fighters who may be hiding in their midst.
The Myanmar army has regularly denied committing such atrocities.
During their regular media briefings, the military would often pin the blame on resistance fighters or People’s Defence Force, formed by the pro-democratic National Unity Government (NUG), Myanmar’s de facto shadow government.
The Myanmar army, or Tatmadaw as it is known, often say its soldiers exercise maximum restraint and minimum force.
But increasingly, the NUG is starting to hold online media events to shed light on these atrocities.
