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Appendix I: Interview Transcripts ‘I Faced It Myself’ Appendix I: Interview transcripts Interview | Saw A--- (male, 34), Waw Lay village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010)............... 3 Interview | Naw Af--- (female, 45), Waw Lay village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010) .......... 6 Interview | Saw B--- (male, 25), Waw Lay village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010)............. 11 Interview | Saw C--- (male, 31), Waw Lay village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010)............. 14 Interview | Saw D--- (male, 24), Waw Lay village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010) ........... 15 Interview | Saw E--- (male, 50), Waw Lay village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010)............. 18 Interview | Saw F--- (male, 38), Waw Lay village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010) ............. 19 Interview | Naw H--- (female), I--- village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010) .......................... 22 Interview | Saw J--- (male, 20), I--- village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010) ........................ 23 Interview | Naw Ag--- (female, 46), I--- village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010) .................. 25 Interview | Saw K--- (male, 30), Myawaddy Town, T’Nay Hsa Township (November 13th 2010) ........... 28 Interview | Daw L--- (female, 52), Myawaddy Town, T’Nay Hsa Township (November 13th 2010)......... 36 Interview | Naw O--- (female, 28), P--- village, Tak Province (November 13th 2010)............................... 39 Interview | Saw S--- (male, 56), Myawaddy Town, T’Nay Hsah Township (November 13th 2010) ......... 42 Interview | Naw U--- (female, 35), Myawaddy Town, T’Nay Hsah Township (November 13th 2010)...... 46 Interview | Naw Ap--- (female, age censored at interviewee’s request), Aq--- village, T’Nay Hsah Township (November 14th 2010) .................................................................................................................. 48 Interview | Naw At--- (female, 45), Myawaddy Town, T’Nay Hsah Township (November 14th 2010) ..... 51 Interview | Saw G--- (male), Waw Lay village, Kawkareik Township (November 14th 2010)................... 52 Interview | Saw Gh--- (male, 28), Ka--- village, Thandaung Township, Toungoo District (November 2010) .............................................................................................................................................................. 52 Interview | Naw La--- (female, 32), Pl--- village, Thandaung Township, Toungoo District (November 2010) .............................................................................................................................................................. 59 Interview | Saw---, (male, 40), Palu village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (December 7th 2010) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 63 Interview | Naw---, (female, 30), Palu village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (December 8th 2010) .............................................................................................................................................................. 64 Interview | Naw---, (female, 30), Palu village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (December 8th 2010) .............................................................................................................................................................. 65 Interview | Daw ---, (female, 40), Palu village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (December 8th 2010) .............................................................................................................................................................. 67 Interview | Saw---, (male, 30), Palu village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (December 8th 2010) .............................................................................................................................................................. 69 Interview | Naw P---, (female, 51) Palu Poe village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (December 10th 2010) ....................................................................................................................................................... 71 Interview | Saw E---, (male) Thay Baw Boh village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (December 14th 2010)...................................................................................................................................................... 73 Interview | Saw F---, (male) relief worker, Mae La Oo, Mae Sariang District, Mae Hong Song Province (December 15th 2010) ................................................................................................................................... 74 Interview | Saw T--- (male, 59), Ma--- village, Te Naw Th’Ri Township, Tenasserim Division (December 2010) .............................................................................................................................................................. 79 Interview | Saw Pa--- (male, 29), Pl--- village, Thandaung Township, Toungoo District (December 2010) ........................................................................................................................................................................ 87 th Interview | Ko A---, (male, 17) former child soldier with the Tatmadaw, LIB #202, January 11 2011) .. 96 Interview | Saw W---, (male, 20) Kaw Lay Lu, La Bpoh Ta, Irrawaddy Division; former soldier with the th Tatmadaw, LIB #586 (January 11 2011) ................................................................................................. 103 Interview | KHRG volunteer researcher, Kawkareik Township (January 13th 2011) .............................. 110 Interview | Saw M---, Ht--- village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (January 17th 2011) ......... 112 Interview | Maung Y--- (male, 32), T--- village, Dweh Loh Township, Papun District (February 2011) 113 1 Karen Human Rights Group Interview | Ma M--- (female, 27), Htee Lone village, Pa'an District (Interviewed in Thailand March 21st 2011) ............................................................................................................................................................ 122 Interview | Saw No--- (male, 28), Be--- village, Thandaung Township, Toungoo District (March 2011) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 124 Interview | Naw M--- (female, 24), Th--- village, Than Daung Township, Toungoo District (March 2011) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 131 Interview | Saw B--- (male, 36), W--- village, Thandaung Township, Toungoo District (March 2011).. 138 Interview | Saw F--- (male, 40), M--- village, Thandaung Township, Toungoo District (March 2011) .. 145 Interview | Saw W--- (male, 54), Dt--- village, Thandaung Township, Toungoo District (April 2011).... 155 Interview | Naw P--- (female, 28), A--- village, Tantabin Township, Toungoo District (April 2011) ....... 161 Interview | Naw R--- (female, 35), S--- village, Tantabin Township, Toungoo District (April 2011)....... 169 Interview | Naw Lu--- (female, 21), Ma--- village, Tantabin Township, Toungoo District (April 2011) .. 179 Interview | Saw B--- (male, 31), Ta--- village, Ler Doh Township, Nyaunglebin District (May 2011) .... 193 Interview | Saw So--- (male, 52), Wo--- village, Ler Doh Township, Nyaunglebin District (May 2011). 202 Interview | Naw Sa--- (female, 26), T--- village, Ler Doh Township, Nyaunglebin District (May 2011). 209 Interview | Saw S--- (male, 17), Ko--- village, Ler Doh Township, Nyaunglebin District (May 2011).... 214 Interview | Naw P--- (female, 40), Ta--- village, Ler Doh Township, Nyaunglebin District (May 2011). 228 Interview | Naw Ka--- (female, 50), Me--- village, Ler Doh Township, Nyaunglebin District (May 2011) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 243 Interview | Saw My--- (male, 45), Ta--- village, Ler Doh Township, Nyaunglebin District (May 2011) . 249 Interview | Saw L--- (male, 53), T--- village, Ler Doh Township, Nyaunglebin District (May 2011)....... 257 Interview | Saw P--- (male, 36), Ky--- village tract, Te Naw Th’Ri Township, Tenasserim Division (May 2011) ............................................................................................................................................................ 270 Interview | U Sa--- (male, 50), Pa--- village, Kawkareik Township, Dooplaya District (July 2011)........ 279 Interview | Saw K--- (male, 30), Backpack (BPHWT) medic, (August 2011) .......................................... 285 Interview | Saw F--- (male, 55), W--- village, Than Daung Township, Toungoo District (November 2011) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 290 2 ‘I Faced It Myself’ Interview | Saw A--- (male, 34), Waw Lay village, Kawkareik Township (November 13th 2010) How many people and households are in your village? There are over 3,000 people and over 400 households in our village. Can you tell us what happened to villagers before they fled here? At the beginning we waited to see the situation
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