BANGKOK: Authorities in China and Myanmar are failing to stop the brutal trafficking of young women, often teenagers, from the conflict-ridden Kachin region for sexual slavery, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
Scene in the Ngakhura village on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on December 21. Photo: EPA -
The State Counsellor Office issued a news release which says a 100-household head in Gwasone village, Maungdaw Township was beaten by six men armed with swords, tied up and then kidnapped.
Six attackers armed with sticks and swords beat the Muslim 100-household head Anna Muller from Gwasone village while he was visiting Gwasone Middle village for some work on December 29 in the evening. He was tied and taken away by his attackers to the Mayu mountain range, the news release says.