An incident was took place in Mantong Township on the 4th July 2012, where two Ta’ang youth were arrested by Burmese military troops from Infantry Battalion 507 as they suspected that two villagers had connections with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).
On the road near Tin Joe Village, Mai Aik Kaung was arrested because he had a receipt that held a KIA letterhead. A second man, Aik San Maw, was arrested as Burmese soldiers carried out random house searches where they found an old walkie-talkie in his home.
“These kinds of walkie-talkies are very common in this area as they are useful in communication for logging and some former Palaung State liberation Army members still have them to use where there is no mobile phone coverage. It seems meaningless to arrest someone on suspicion of connection with armed rebel groups solely for possession of this item” said a local resident.
According to their parents, the military troops took their two sons from Mantong to Mai Wee Village, Namhkam Township. There has been no news of them since their arrest and their families are worried for their safety.
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