The campaigns by Myanmar's military government to raid and attack settlements, followed by the burning of houses of civilians and various forms of human rights violations throughout the rural areas in Myanmar, have made the news many times in the past two years. As of information on June 14, according to the Data of Myanmar -- an independent organisation that provides useful "data for the people" in country -- at least 70,324 houses of civilians throughout Myanmar have been burned down by the Tatmadaw or the Myanmar Army.
One of the burned houses belonged to Kaw, 26, a young man from a village in Karenni State. Nearly all parts of the town he used to live in have been reduced to a wasteland and turned into a battlefield between the Myanmar Army and its opposition armed forces. Such armed conflicts appear to continue. With few options left, he decided to come to Thailand through the border of Mae Hong Son.
