Shattered lives
Reports emerged last week from Kachin and Shan States that rape is still being used as a tactic by the Burmese army to demoralise and terrorise ethnic communities
- Published: 24/07/2011 at 03:10 AM
- Newspaper section: Spectrum
In the corner of an up-market Chiang Mai coffee shop, three women, spanning three generations, sort through maps, photographs and reports detailing the injuries, rapes and murders of ethnic women recently brutalised by Burmese army soldiers.
NO MERCY: A Shan woman victim who was gang raped when seven months’ pregnant.
The eldest of the women, Shirley Seng, 61, leans forward and explains.
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About the author
- Writer: Phil Thornton
- Position: Writer
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