MNDAA arrests and beats drug user to death in Namkham

Mekong, July 25 Local sources said that the Kokang army (MNDAA) arrested a man in 12 Mile Village, Namkham Township, Shan State, beat him and he died. According to the source, on July 22, the Kokang army arrested and detained a man in 12 Mile Village on suspicion of drug use in the market and then beat him to death. The man, who was suspected of drug use, was beaten to death on the same day he was arrested, and the public is criticizing the Kokang army for beating him to death without taking legal action against drug users. "The man who was killed was arrested by the Kokang army for using drugs. While he was detained, he was not given food or water. They beat him to death, and he died right there in the market. He was also screaming loudly while being beaten. I have never seen drug manufacturers arrested and given the death penalty. For those who buy and use, there is no law, and they are beaten to death, so the locals are criticizing the Kokang army's explanation. They are worried," said a male source who knows about the incident. Local residents said that armed forces should do more rehabilitation work to help drug users reintegrate into society rather than beating them to death. "It would be better to rehabilitate them or give them a one-year prison sentence for rehabilitation. It is too much to beat to death someone who uses drugs while not severely punishing those who produce and distribute drugs," the source said. 12 Mile Village in Namkham Township is a place that the Kokang army (MNDAA) attacked and seized from the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). On July 14, the Kokang army also slapped and beat a village headman with a gun butt for not stopping his motorcycle immediately when he was returning from a meeting. #MeKongNews #Kokang #Namkham #Drugs #BeatingToDeath #Arrest