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Myanmar military steps up attacks as coronavirus spreads

April 17, 2020/in News

Tatmadaw steps up attacks in Rakhine despite epidemic, killing more than 40 people in April alone, say rights group. Yangon, Myanmar – As deaths from the new coronavirus mounted in South Korea, Iran and Italy in early March, Myanmar’s military called off grand plans to mark the 75th anniversary of its World War II revolt against […]

Joint-Statement Civil Society Organizations Calls for Immediate Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Myanmar

April 15, 2020/in Member statements

15 April 2020 We, the undersigned civil society organizations and individual call for the protection of civilians in armed conflict in Myanmar and for the State to comply with its obligations under the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolutions 1265, 1296 and 1325. The current targeting of innocent civilians in the conflict between the […]

Myanmar military steps up attacks as coronavirus spreads

April 17, 2020/in News

Joint-Statement Civil Society Organizations Calls for Immediate Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Myanmar

April 15, 2020/in Member statements

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Myanmar military steps up attacks as coronavirus spreads

April 17, 2020/in News

Tatmadaw steps up attacks in Rakhine despite epidemic, killing more than 40 people in April alone, say rights group.

Yangon, Myanmar – As deaths from the new coronavirus mounted in South Korea, Iran and Italy in early March, Myanmar’s military called off grand plans to mark the 75th anniversary of its World War II revolt against Japanese forces. Instead, the Tatmadaw, as the military is known, deployed soldiers to disinfect hospitals and announced it would set up quarantine facilities to treat infected patients.

But rights groups say the Tatmadaw is doing little where it counts – ending the long-running ethnic conflicts in Myanmar’s border states, where some armed groups have called for a ceasefire to focus on the battle against the coronavirus.

Eight killed in Myanmar’s troubled western state of Rakhine

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“While the country is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the military is escalating its offensives against ethnic armed groups in Rakhine, Chin, Karen and northern Shan state,” said Naw Hser Hser, general-secretary of the Women’s League of Burma.

“This needs to stop,” said the Hpa-an based activist. “We need to work together. Nobody can do it alone.”

In northern Shan state and in eastern Kayin state, where the Tatmadaw has for decades battled armed groups seeking more independence from the Burmese-dominated central government, reports of attacks and rights abuses by the military continue.

And in the impoverished western states of Rakhine and Chin, the Tatmadaw has stepped up its campaign against the Arakan Army, a rebel group seeking greater autonomy for ethnic Rakhine people.

The unrest continues even as the United Nations urges an end to conflict worldwide, and despite calls for a nationwide ceasefire from armed groups, diplomats and civil society groups, many of whom are worried the coronavirus outbreak in Myanmar could be catastrophic given the poor state of its healthcare system and lack of capacity to carry out testing. The country has recorded 74 cases so far.

Myanmar cancels Thingyan celebrations amid coronavirus fears (2:10)

On April 1, major ethnic armed groups in Shan and Rakhine states, including the Arakan Army, offered to extend a unilateral ceasefire until the end of the month because of the coronavirus outbreak, while groups in Kayin state, formerly known as Karen state, also urged the Tatmadaw to declare a nationwide ceasefire.

But the Tatmadaw, which had declared the Arakan Army a “terrorist group”, called the proposal “unrealistic”, with Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun criticising the groups for allegedly failing to heed the army’s previous calls for ceasefires.

On Monday, photos of dead bodies scattered on a road in Kyauk Seik village in Rakhine state circulated on the internet. Activists say eight villagers were killed after being struck by shells fired from a military base. The Tatmadaw called the allegation “fake news”.

But Thar Doe Aung, who lost three of his nephews in the attack, rejected the military’s claim. “It’s not fake news. Only we who suffered know what happened,” he told Al Jazeera over the telephone.

Myanmar violence: Thousands displaced by fresh fighting (2:56)

“We buried all of them in one grave,” he said of his nephews. “My sister is going crazy.”

The residents of Kyauk Seik have now fled their homes, said Thar Doe Aung.

A similar attack in Chin state on April 7 killed seven people, including a three-year-old.

‘I don’t feel safe here’

The Arakan Information Center, a Malaysia-based organisation that has been monitoring the conflict since it escalated last year, said it has documented 121 civilian deaths this year. In the first half of April alone, it registered 45 deaths.

The figures represent a sharp increase compared with last year – a total of 140 civilians were killed in 2019. Access to the area is restricted making it difficult to independently verify the information.

“The military seizes the opportunity to carry out their operations while the international community is busy combatting the coronavirus,” said Nyi Nyi Lwin who runs the Arakan Information Center.

“We’ve seen helicopters and fighter jets deliberately attack civilians in order to weaken the support for the Arakan Army,” he said, adding that he expected the fighting to get worse in the coming weeks as the Tatmadaw may have to scale down operations during the monsoon season, which begins in May.

“In Rakhine state, people feel anxiety and uncertainty because of COVID-19, but what they fear most is the fighting,” said Nyi Nyi Lwin.

One 49-year-old woman from Mrauk Oo in Rakhine state, who was injured in an attack last year, said she has sought refuge in her neighbour’s bunker – a suffocating hole in the ground – several times because of the fighting.

“I don’t feel safe living here,” she said over the telephone.

A bunker in downtown Mrauk Oo downtown, in September 2019 [File: Verena Hoelzl/Al Jazeera]

Meanwhile, the UN refugee agency said it has “observed a sharp upward trend in civilian casualties” since February.

In a statement on March 27, the agency said at least 21 civilians were killed amid clashes on the border between Rakhine and Chin states earlier in March, while an additional 10,000 people were displaced in Rakhine in that period alone. The UN humanitarian office said a total of 70,000 people have been displaced in the fighting between the military and the Arakan Army in the past 12 months, most of them since December last year.

Renewed chaos

Observers say the conflict between the Arakan Army and the military has brought new chaos to the impoverished region from where more than 730,000 Rohingya fled a bloody military crackdown in 2017.

The rising death toll and displacement has prompted concern, with 139 civil society organisations issuing a joint statement on Wednesday, calling for the immediate protection of those who have nothing to do with the fighting.

“The current targeting of innocent civilians in the conflict between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar military amounts to war crimes and must immediately cease,” the statement said.

The US State Department also said it “is deeply troubled by the escalating violence in Rakhine and Chin states”.

But military spokesman Zaw Min Tun blamed the uptick in violence on the Arakan Army. Soldiers stationed in Rakhine state have been “helping, taking care of and protecting” civilians for decades, he told Al Jazeera.

“Before the AA emerged, Rakhine state was peaceful,” he said, referring to the Rakhine rebel group by its acronym. “Once the AA emerged, we have fighting … Because of the fighting, there are IDPs.”

A woman shops at a local bazaar in Yangon, Myanmar’s commercial capital, in March 2020 [File: Thein Zaw/ AP Photo]

Even outside of Myanmar’s many battlefields, there has been a rise in the harassment and prosecution of journalists and blocking of websites reporting on ethnic conflicts in recent weeks.

Nay Myo Lin, Mandalay-based editor-in-chief of Voice of Myanmar was charged with terrorism after publishing an interview with a spokesman from the Arakan Army.

Police also raided the offices of Rakhine-based Narinjara and briefly detained three of the outlet’s journalists on March 31 over interviews with the rebels. Its website was also blocked on charges of spreading “fake news”.

Meanwhile, mobile internet in several townships in Rakhine and Chin, where fighting is going on, has almost continuously been shut down since June last year, a move aid workers say makes it more difficult to fight the coronavirus.

‘Running from the military’

Elsewhere in Myanmar, civil society groups have accused the military of engaging in abuses that hamper efforts to fight the virus.

“Communities are now being threatened by both the pandemic and serious human right violations,” organisations representing the Ta’ang minority in northern Shan state said on April 8. The groups said they had documented 18 cases of arbitrary arrest, torture, and forced portering for the military in March, including an instance in which a villager died after stepping on a landmine.

In southeastern Myanmar, human rights groups said they have observed abuses, too.

“The military is burning agricultural land and threatening villagers in an area where they want to build a road,” said Naw Hser Hser from the Women’s League of Burma. “Instead of worrying about the coronavirus, villagers are on the run from the military.”

Attacks in eastern Kayin state, parts of which are under the control of the Karen National Union, include a March 31 incident in which soldiers killed a 56-year-old man returning from a shopping trip and a March 5 incident in which soldiers killed a forest ranger, according to a monitoring group.

“At a time when everyone needs to work together to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the government of Burma and the Burma Army seem to see the global focus on the pandemic as an opportunity to further crack down on ethnic people,” said Naw Htoo Htoo, a spokeswoman for the Karen Peace Support Network.

“Until the international community force the military and the government to pay a price for killing and oppressing our people, they will continue to do so,” she said.

Cape Diamond reported from Yangon, Myanmar, and Verena Hoelzl reported from Bangkok, Thailand.

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Joint-Statement Civil Society Organizations Calls for Immediate Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Myanmar

April 15, 2020/in Member statements

15 April 2020

We, the undersigned civil society organizations and individual call for the protection of civilians in armed conflict in Myanmar and for the State to comply with its obligations under the Geneva Conventions and UN Security Council Resolutions 1265, 1296 and 1325. The current targeting of innocent civilians in the conflict between the Arakan Army (AA) and the Myanmar military amounts to war crimes and must immediately cease.

The conflict between the Myanmar military and the AA has displaced up to 150,000 people in Rakhine and Chin States since 2018 and its impacts are being felt most keenly by innocent civilians. In the past 30 days alone, 28 villagers in Chin State, have sadly died as a result of the conflict. The Myanmar military has been deliberately targeting civilians through the use of airstrikes from fighter jets. On 7 April 2020, airstrikes on the village of Hnang Chaung Village, Paletwa Township, in Chin State by two Myanmar military fighter jets killed seven people, injuring eight more and burning several houses to the ground. Among the victims were two children, a mother and a baby. This was the second airstrike within one week, as more civilians were injured during an attack on Bawngwa Village on 31 March. Last month, on 14 and 15 of March, multiple attacks on several villages in Paletwa Township killed 21 civilians, again including children.

These attacks have been conducted with total disregard for civilian life and would constitute indiscriminate attacks or even direct targeting of civilian population. Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions specifically prohibits “violence to life and person, in particular murder of all kinds” of civilians and persons hors de combat. In addition, “wilful killing” of protected persons is listed as a grave breach under all four Geneva Conventions, which Myanmar ratified in 1992. Thus, targeting innocent civilians, such as the airstrikes on villages in Paletwa Township, can be considered a serious violation of international humanitarian law and customs, which constitutes as war crimes under the Rome Statue.

Furthermore, UN Security Resolutions 1265 and 1296 addresses the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Resolution 1265 “Strongly condemns the deliberate targeting of civilians in situations of armed conflict as well as attacks on objects protected under international law, and calls on all parties to put an end to such practices” while also emphasizing “the responsibility of States to end impunity and to prosecute those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of international humanitarian law.”

Additionally, UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, “Calls on all parties to armed conflict to take special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, and all other forms of violence in situations of armed conflict.” This is especially salient in the case of Myanmar, which has repeatedly used sexual violence in armed conflict for decades. Related to this the Joint Communique that the Myanmar government and the United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict signed in December 2018 has not been brought to women from the conflict affected areas for consultation while the ongoing sexual and gender-based violence committed by the Myanmar military in ethnic areas flies in the face of any supposed commitment of the government in signing such Joint Communique with the UN’s SRSG’s office in the first place.

Finally, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which Myanmar has ratified, recognizes “that every child has an inherent right to life” and Myanmar must ensure to the “maximum extent possible the survival and development of the child.” As a state party to the Geneva Conventions and the CRC, and as a UN member state, Myanmar has an obligation to comply with these instruments of international law.

Meanwhile, the Association of Southeast Asian Nation’s (ASEAN) reluctance to become substantively involved is a missed opportunity for the block to play a key role in resolving the increasing escalation of violence. Rather than standing idly by and endorsing the narrative of the Myanmar government, ASEAN can seek to couple its humanitarian initiatives with engaging the government in addressing root causes of violence, while utilizing their good offices to seek a solution to the ongoing violence that is affecting countries beyond the borders of Myanmar.

As the whole world is taking measures to protect against the coronavirus pandemic, the targeting of innocent civilians in southern Chin State, through the use of airstrikes and other military operations, is causing tragic and unnecessary loss that amount to war crimes. It must end immediately. These war crimes are a blatant contravention to the Geneva Conventions and are destroying communities. We urge the immediate end to all attacks that target civilians and to protect the lives of innocent people.

For more information, please contact:

• Salai Lian, Chin Human Rights Organization, +95 945 068 7296, info@chinhumanrights.org

• Khin Ohmar, Progressive Voice, +1 571 992 8395, khinohmar@progressive-voice.org

• East Asia and ASEAN Programme, FORUM-ASIA, ea-asean@forum-asia.org

• Marc Batac, Initiatives for International Dialogue, +63 945 274 8214, marc@iidnet.org

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• Salai Lian, Chin Human Rights Organization, +95 945 068 7296, info@chinhumanrights.org

• Khin Ohmar, Progressive Voice, +1 571 992 8395, khinohmar@progressive-voice.org

• East Asia and ASEAN Programme, FORUM-ASIA, ea-asean@forum-asia.org

• Marc Batac, Initiatives for International Dialogue, +63 945 274 8214, marc@iidnet.org

ပါဝင်ထောက်ခံလက်မှတ်ထိုးသူများ –

1. Alliance for Conflict Transformation (ACT), Cambodia

2. ALTSEAN-Burma

3. Asian Resource Foundation (ARF), Thailand

4. ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)

5. Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)

6. ASEAN SOGIE Caucus

7. Association of Women for Awareness and Motivation (AWAM), Pakistan

8. AwazCDS-Pakistan

9. Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha, (MASUM), India

10. Balay Alternative Legal Advocates for Development in Mindanaw (Balaod Mindanaw), the Philippines

11. Bodhigram, India

12. Burma Campaign UK (BCUK)

13. Bytes For All, Pakistan

14. Cambodian Civil Society Partnership (CCSP), Cambodia

15. Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Cambodia

16. Center for Human Rights and Development (CHRD), Mongolia

17. Centre for Communication and Development Studies (CCDS), India

18. Center for Conflict Resolution (CECORE), Uganda

19. Center for Peace Education-Miriam College, the Philippines

20. Civil and Human Rights Network (CSHRN), Afghanistan

21. Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW)

22. Civil Rights Defenders (CRD)

23. Coalition for Integrity and Social Accountability (CISA), Cambodia

24. Covenants Watch, Taiwan

25. Community Resource Centre Foundation (CRC), Thailand

26. Centre for the Sustainable Use of Natural and Social Resources (CSNR), India

27. Community Self Reliance Centre (CSRC), Nepal

28. Desaparecidos, the Philippines

29. Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)

30. Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)-Southeast

31. Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)-North America

32. Globe International Center (GIC), Mongolia

33. GZO Peace Institute, Philippines

34. HAK Association, Timor Leste

35. Hustisya, Philippines

36. IM Center for Peace and Dialogue, Indonesia

37. Info-Birmanie, France

38. INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka

39. Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID), Philippines

40. JANANEETHI, India

41. Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC), Roma, Italia

42. Karapatan Alliance Philippines

43. Kazakhstan International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law (KIBHR)

44. KontraS (Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence), Indonesia

45. Korean House for International Solidarity

46. Legal Aid Foundation Indonesia

47. Maldivian Democracy Network (MDN)

48. The Mekong Butterfly, Thailand

49. MONFEMNET National Network, Mongolia

50. Odhikar, Bangladesh

51. Oyu Tolgoi Watch, Mongolia

52. Pax Christi Pilipinas, the Philippines

53. People’s Watch, India

54. People’s Empowerment Foundation (PEF), Thailand

55. Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)

56. Public Association “Dignity”, Kazakhstan

57. Pusat KOMAS, Malaysia

58. People’s Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR), India

59. Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

60. Research and Education for Peace, Universiti Sains Malaysia (REPUSM), Malaysia

61. Recourse, Netherlands

62. Right to Life Human Rights Centre, Sri Lanka

63. Rivers without Boundaries Mongolia

64. Samahan ng Ex-detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (Society of Ex-Detainees against Detention and Arrests in the Philippines)

65. South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (SICHREM)

66. Southeast Asia Conflict Studies Network (SEACSN), Malaysia

67. Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM), Malaysia

68. Swedish Burma Committee (SBC), Sweden

69. Tanggol Bayi (Defend Women), Philippines

70. Think Center, Singapore

71. Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP)

72. Vietnamese Women for Human Rights (VNWHR)

73. Witness Radio Organisation, Uganda

74. Youth for Peace (YFP), Cambodia

75. Action Committee for Democracy Development (ACDD), Burma/Myanmar

76. Athan – Freedom of Expression Activist Organization, Burma/Myanmar

77. Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), Burma/Myanmar

78. Association of Human Rights Defenders and Promoters (HRDP), Burma/Myanmar

79. Australia Chin Federation (ACF)

80. Burmese Women’s Union (BWU), Burma/Myanmar

81. Center of Development and Ethnic Studies (CDES), Burma/Myanmar

82. Chin American Association (CAA)

83. Chin Christian Council in Australia (CCCA)

84. Chin Human Rights Organization (CHRO), Burma/Myanmar

85. Chin Youth Organization of North America (CYONA)

86. Chinbridge Institute (CI), Burma/Myanmar

87. Chin Community in Norway (CCN)

88. Chin Community of Indiana (CCI), USA

89. Central Chin Youth Organization (CCYO), Burma/Myanmar

90. Chin Civil Society Network (CCSN), Burma/Myanmar

91. Chin Literature and Culture Committee (Universities – Yangon), Burma/Myanmar

92. Chin Refugee Committee (Delhi), India

93. Chin Student Union, Burma/Myanmar

94. Chin Community in Denmark (CCDK)

95. Chin Women Organization (Hakha), Burma/Myanmar

96. Cherry Foundation (Yangon), Burma/Myanmar

97. Equality Myanmar (EQMM), Burma/Myanmar

98. Future Light Center (FLC), Burma/Myanmar

99. Genuine People’s Servants (GPS), Burma/Myanmar

100. Generation Wave (GW), Burma/Myanmar

101. Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), Burma/Myanmar

102. Human Rights Educators Network (HREN), Burma/Myanmar

103. Independent Chin Communities (ICC), Malaysia

104. Indigenous Peoples’ Partnership (IPP), Burma/Myanmar

105. Karen Women’s Organization (KWO), Burma/Myanmar

106. Karenni Human Rights Group (KnHRG), Burma/Myanmar

107. Karenni Legal and Human Rights Center (KnLHRC), Burma/Myanmar

108. Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG), Burma/Myanmar

109. Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT), Burma/Myanmar

110. Loka Ahlinn (Social Development Network), Burma/Myanmar

111. Khumi Affairs Coordination Council (KACC), Burma/Myanmar

112. Koung Jor Shan Refugee Camp (KJSRC), Burma/Myanmar

113. Metta Campaign – Mandalay, Burma/Myanmar

114. Myanmar Human Rights Alliance Network (MHRAN), Burma/Myanmar

115. Myanmar People Alliance (Shan State) (MPA-SS), Burma/Myanmar

116. Myanmar Cultural Research Society (MCRS), Burma/Myanmar

117. Peace & Development Center (Meikhtila), Burma/Myanmar

118. Progressive Voice (PV), Burma/Myanmar

119. Reliable Organization, Burma/Myanmar

120. Synergy (Social Harmony Organization), Burma/Myanmar

121. Ta’ang Women’s Organization (TWO), Burma/Myanmar

122. The Seagull:Human Rights, Peace & Development, Burma/Myanmar

123. Women Peace Network (WPN), Burma/Myanmar

124. Women’s League of Burma (WLB), Burma/Myanmar

125. White Marker Group, Burma/Myanmar

126. Yangon Youth Network (YYN), Burma/Myanmar

127. Youth Corner (YC Hakha), Burma/Myanmar

128. ရွှေခြံမြေကွန်ရက်၊ ကွမ်းခြံကုန်း ၊ ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ Burma/Myanmar

129. လူအခွင့်အရေးကာကွယ်မြှင့်တင်ရေးကွန်ရက်၊ ချောက်မြို့နယ်၊ မကွေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ Burma/Myanmar

130. အလုပ်သမားအဖွဲ့ဖွဲ့စည်းပေါ်ပေါက်ရေးနှင့် အမျိုးသမီးအခွင့်အရေးအသိပညာပေးရေး ပဲခူးကွန်ရက်၊ ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ Burma/Myanmar

131. တောင်သူလယ်သမားများနှင့် ရေလုပ်သားများ အကျိုးစီးပွားကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်ရေး ကွန်ရက်၊ မြစ်ကျိုးတိုက်နယ်၊ ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ Burma/Myanmar

132. ဥသျှစ်ပင် လူငယ်ကွန်ရက်၊ ဥသျှစ်ပင်မြို့နယ်၊ ပန်းတောင်းမြို့နယ်၊ ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ Burma/Myanmar

133. တောင်သူလယ်သမားများဥပဒေအထောက်အကူပြု ကွန်ရက် (PLAN-A) ၊ မြောက်ဦးမြို့နယ်၊ ရခိုင်ပြည်နယ်၊ Burma/Myanmar

134. မွန်လူငယ်ကွန်ရက်၊ ရေးလမိုင်း၊ မွန်ပြည်နယ်၊ Burma/Myanmar

135. လူမူဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးနှင့် ငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးကွန်ရက်၊ ပေါင်မြို့နယ်၊ မွန်ပြည်နယ်၊ Burma/Myanmar

136. Ramkhye – ရမ်းခေး မြစ်ကြီးနား ကွန်ရက်၊ မြစ်ကြီးနား၊ ကချင်ပြည်နယ်၊ Burma/Myanmar

137. Justice Drum ကွန်ရက်၊ ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်တောင်ပိုင်း၊ Burma/Myanmar

138. ရပ်ရွာငြိမ်းချမ်းရေးနှင့်ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးရှေ့ဆောင်အဖွဲ့ (Area Peace and Development Forward) ကလေး မြို့နယ်၊ ကလေး ခရိုင်၊ စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်း၊ Burma/Myanma

139. ဒို့လယ်ယာ ကွန်ရက်၊ အင်္ဂပူမြို့နယ်၊ ဟင်္သာတခရိုင်၊ ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး၊ Burma/Myanmar

Individual:

140. Jim Gomez

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