Woman Recovering in Hospital after Stepping on Landmine in Paletwa Township

(Paletwa Township, Chin State – 22^nd Jan 2020)

Ma Khin Lone, a woman from Nga Shar village in Paletwa Township is undergoing treatment for injuries she sustained after stepping on a landmine on 17^th Jan. The incident took place just 10 days after her mother, Daw Hawih Tin received similar injuries from a landmine explosion.

Ma Khin Lone (22) stepped on the landmine while tending to crops at her farm on the morning of 17^th Jan. She suffered a broken leg in the explosion. A daughter of U Aung Win from Nga Shar Village, located some 29 miles away from Paletwa Town, Ma Khin Lone was immediately taken to Paletwa Civil Hospital.

In a separate incident, ten days earlier on 7^th Jan, the victim’s mother, Daw Hawih Tin sustained an injury to her right leg and face when a landmine exploded under her feet while searching for food in the forest close to her village. She was taken to Paletwa Hospital but was later transferred to a civil hospital in Sittwe, Rakhine State, as her injuries were too serious to be treated at the hospital in Paletwa.

“The family is facing serious financial difficulty since they rely on subsistence farming for their livelihood. The mother’s treatment and hospital costs were supported by funds raised from private donations,” said a Paletwa Town resident who agreed to speak to CHRO.

အမျိုးသမီးငယ်တစ်ဦး မြေမြုပ်မိုင်းနင်းမိတဲ့အတွက် ညာဖက်ခြေထောက်ကြိုးပဲ့ကာ ပလက်ဝမြို့ဆေးရုံတွင် ဆေးဝါးကုသမှုဆံယူ

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