E/CN.4/1996/35/Add.1 page 87 464. Maung Chit, Maung Shwe Lher, Saw Thay Ler, Saw Per Klai and Por Ker Ra, from Kyu Kyi village, were reportedly arrested and severely beaten by troops from IB 84 of LIB 99 while returning home from a funeral service on 3 February 1994. 465. Sai Be, from Ma Khae village in Lwe Pow parish of Hpe Khon township, was reportedly arrested on 19 February 1994 under accusation of possession of illegal firearms by soldiers from IB 336. He was allegedly beaten at Hpe Khon military outpost on 22 February. Maung Pa Loke and Daw Mu Larong, from upper Karen Tike village in Hpe Khon township, were also arrested by the soldiers on 22 February and allegedly tied up under Lwe Paw monastery, punched, beaten with a rifle butt and hit on the back with rocks. They were said to have been subsequently beaten to death. 466. Sai Sarng, from Worn Mai village, Lung Khin, from Ye Won village and Sarn Pya, from Worn Fai Lin village, Thung Pung parish, Mong Morn township, southern Shan State, were reportedly arrested on 21 April 1994 by troops from IBs 425 and 426, under accusation of having had contact with rebels. During interrogation they were allegedly subjected to severe beatings and eventually tortured to death. 467. Sai Aung Mong, of Shan nationality, from Worn Pung Laing village, Hsipaw township, was reportedly arrested on 23 May 1994 by troops from Company 1 of IB 22. He was allegedly beaten to death under interrogation. 468. Saw Pa Aye, headman of Ta Pah Kee village in Taungoo district, was allegedly tortured on 31 May 1994 by troops from the second column of IB 39. He had reportedly been abducted along with Saw Potha Dah, headman of Mah Lah Ko village, Saw Potha Dah’s wife and a church deacon. The abduction occurred so that the soldiers could secure K250,000 for their release, after having already taken K250,000 from Saw Potha Dah. 469. Dee Pa Leh and his son were reportedly beaten with a stick and his son was grazed by a gunshot on 8 June 1994 by troops from Company 4 of IB 30 in Naw K’Toh village, Thaton district. The attack occurred after troops had taken a cow from the men. 470. Naw K’Ser Paw, a Karen woman farmer from Nyaunglebin district, Pegu division, was reportedly arrested at her house on 16 January 1994 by a unit of soldiers, who allegedly hit her baby son in the head. She was interrogated at a jail in Tat tu about the activities of her husband, who was a soldier in the Karen rebel army. Naw Ta Blu Htoo, whose husband was also a Karen soldier, was reportedly arrested on the same day by soldiers of IB 60. They allegedly tied her with rope with her hands behind her back and hit her in the head with a gun and beat her, before taking her to the jail at Tat tu. Both women were marched to a camp at Tham Bo and forced to perform strenuous labour along with a number of other prisoners. Naw K’ser Paw was allegedly hit on the back and kicked in the head. After about three months she was taken to the police camp and was required to pay a bribe for her release. Naw Ta Blu Htoo was allegedly beaten repeatedly at Tham Bo and witnessed the