A/HRC/39/CRP.2 from the south of Namhsan Township into neighbouring Manton Township, over four days without any food.535 Other common types of work, carried out by men and women, included: • Acting as guides to show soldiers the route between villages 536 • Digging trenches537 • Cleaning538 • Cooking539 • Collecting firewood540 • Cutting down trees541 • Constructing roads or buildings in military compounds 542 265. Individuals frequently had to perform a combination of different tasks. For example, one person from Puta-O Township, Kachin State told the Mission about the tasks she was required to complete when taken for forced labour on many different occasions: In my village every family had to participate in forced labour. The soldiers came to the village and they assigned responsibilities to each family. There was no way out. They would register the names of the villagers who had to work. The military was building a road, so we had to carry stones and heavy materials for them. We also had to wash clothes, clean and cook their food. My parents were used as porters.543 266. The Mission received repeated accounts that individuals subjected to forced labour were made to walk at the front of the line when the Tatmadaw was travelling through the forest in areas of active conflict.544 Some told the Mission that they were put at the front to act as “human mine sweepers”, being the first to encounter any landmines in the area, rather than the soldiers. Several victims of forced labour witnessed other civilians being injured or killed by landmines during forced labour.545 Others subjected to forced labour were killed or injured during clashes between the Tatmadaw and EAOs.546 The Mission received information on two cases where individuals were forced to wear Tatmadaw uniforms while walking at the front of the line, further exposing them to attacks, death and injury. 547 Victims were also intentionally killed during forced labour. 548 267. Individuals subjected to forced labour were frequently also subjected to ill-treatment. Most of these victims who spoke to the Mission reported that they had been beaten during forced labour,549 often for walking too slowly550 or resting551. Individuals were also subjected to torture.552 Women detained for forced labour were vulnerable to sexual violence, and several victims told the Mission that they were subjected to rape and other forms of sexual 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 68 PI-096. PI-060, PI-095, QI-095. PI-061, PI-084. PI-067, PI-078, PI-084. PI-079 PI-080 PI-067 PI-068, PI-006, PI-020, PI-084, PI-080, PI-067, PI-063, PI-104. DI-065, PI-006, PI-020. PI-019, PI-077. PI-006, PI-007, PI-020, PI-061, PI-089. PI-007. PI-020, PI-022, PI-076, PI-085, PI-104, QI-095. PI-085, PI-104. PI-022, PI-080. PI-020, PI-085. See this chapter, section A.2: Unlawful killings. DI-066, PI-013, PI-021, PI-029, PI-033, PI-044, PI-053, PI-061, PI-078, Pi-078, PI-083, PI-084, PI086, PI-089, PI-094, PI-099. PI-083, PI-084, PI-089, PI-099. PI-078, PI-089. See this chapter, section A.3: Torture and other ill-treatment.