Over the past year, Burmese soldiers have murdered many civilians – men, women, and children – with impunity. At the end of September, troops fired at two farmers sitting in their homes in Shan State; one escaped but the other, 50-yr-old Loong Sai Lek, was bound up and later found dead on the road. Rohingya Muslims held captive in IDP camps over the past year have also been shot dead with impunity by security forces guarding the camps. The Burmese military has murdered many Kachin civilians over the course of the past year, and there have been many reported disappearances.