Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09RANGOON817
2009-12-22 08:37:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Rangoon
Cable title:
BURMA: ILO REPORTS INTERNAL CHILD TRAFFICKING CASE
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000817
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/MLS, DRL, AND IO
PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/22/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP BM
SUBJECT: BURMA: ILO REPORTS INTERNAL CHILD TRAFFICKING CASE
Classified By: Political/Economic Officer Brian Andrews for Reasons 1.4
(b) & (d)
Survivor Details Forced Labor on Plantation near Rangoon
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C O N F I D E N T I A L RANGOON 000817
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/MLS, DRL, AND IO
PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/22/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP BM
SUBJECT: BURMA: ILO REPORTS INTERNAL CHILD TRAFFICKING CASE
Classified By: Political/Economic Officer Brian Andrews for Reasons 1.4
(b) & (d)
Survivor Details Forced Labor on Plantation near Rangoon
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1. (C) Rangoon-based International Labor Organization (ILO)
representative Steve Marshall told us December 21 the ILO is
investigating a reported child trafficking and labor case.
According to Marshall, a 12 year old Burmese boy was abducted
in Rangoon Division over two months ago at a wharf when he
returned from a boat trip with his family. He was thrown in
the back of a truck driven by a man possibly in military
uniform; eight other boys were in the vehicle. The boys were
taken to a plantation that may have been producing physic
nuts. The boy reported to ILO that he was placed in a
barracks with around 100 other boys aged 13-15. The
individuals running the plantation did not wear military
uniforms.
2. (C) Marshall said that after spending six months working
on the plantation, the boy and four others escaped through a
hole in the roof of the barracks at night. The youths then
split up. The ILO complainant walked one hour before
catching a bus and traveling 90 minutes to the outer suburbs
of Rangoon. The boy reunited with his family, which reported
the incident to ILO.
ILO Pressing GOB to Investigate
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3. (C) Marshall confirmed that the ILO has dispatched its
investigators to search for the plantation and has passed
case details to Police Colonel Sit Aye, the Secretary of
Burma's Anti-trafficking Task Force. The boy was able to
describe in detail the plantation and barracks, and he
remembered the number of the bus he took upon escape.
Marshall will monitor GOB efforts to investigate, but noted
that government action will depend largely on who owns the
plantation. If it is affiliated with the GOB, it likely
already has been closed, Marshall believes. If it is not,
the GOB might conduct a legitimate investigation.
DINGER
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR EAP/MLS, DRL, AND IO
PACOM FOR FPA
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/22/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP BM
SUBJECT: BURMA: ILO REPORTS INTERNAL CHILD TRAFFICKING CASE
Classified By: Political/Economic Officer Brian Andrews for Reasons 1.4
(b) & (d)
Survivor Details Forced Labor on Plantation near Rangoon
-------------- --------------
1. (C) Rangoon-based International Labor Organization (ILO)
representative Steve Marshall told us December 21 the ILO is
investigating a reported child trafficking and labor case.
According to Marshall, a 12 year old Burmese boy was abducted
in Rangoon Division over two months ago at a wharf when he
returned from a boat trip with his family. He was thrown in
the back of a truck driven by a man possibly in military
uniform; eight other boys were in the vehicle. The boys were
taken to a plantation that may have been producing physic
nuts. The boy reported to ILO that he was placed in a
barracks with around 100 other boys aged 13-15. The
individuals running the plantation did not wear military
uniforms.
2. (C) Marshall said that after spending six months working
on the plantation, the boy and four others escaped through a
hole in the roof of the barracks at night. The youths then
split up. The ILO complainant walked one hour before
catching a bus and traveling 90 minutes to the outer suburbs
of Rangoon. The boy reunited with his family, which reported
the incident to ILO.
ILO Pressing GOB to Investigate
--------------
3. (C) Marshall confirmed that the ILO has dispatched its
investigators to search for the plantation and has passed
case details to Police Colonel Sit Aye, the Secretary of
Burma's Anti-trafficking Task Force. The boy was able to
describe in detail the plantation and barracks, and he
remembered the number of the bus he took upon escape.
Marshall will monitor GOB efforts to investigate, but noted
that government action will depend largely on who owns the
plantation. If it is affiliated with the GOB, it likely
already has been closed, Marshall believes. If it is not,
the GOB might conduct a legitimate investigation.
DINGER