A/HRC/42/CRP.5 496. In some of the cases, victims suffered long-lasting health issues, including mental health conditions, teeth loss and hearing impairments.1155 In several cases investigated by the Mission, sources reported that those responsible for these or other injuries failed to provide medical treatment to the victims while the victims were in their custody. 1156 497. Victims were predominantly men and boys perceived as being of fighting age and belonging to the same ethnic group as an EAO that the Tatmadaw was fighting. 1157 Information gathered by the Mission indicates that victims were often detained for the purpose of obtaining confessions or information on the movements of fighters, or on suspicion of being supporters or members of EAOs or relatives of fighters in EAOs. 1158 498. A survivor told the Mission that while he was being punched and kicked by the Tatmadaw, a soldier told him “You Ta’ang people are very small and there are not many of you, you cannot win”.1159 Tatmadaw soldiers had arrested him on suspicion of affiliation to the TNLA.1160 After being asked if he was Ta’ang at the time of arrest, he was punched in the face and asked if he wanted to fight, whether he was in contact with the TNLA and how many fighters the TNLA had.1161 The victim lost teeth as a result of the Tatmadaw beating him in the face.1162 499. In some cases these acts were committed in the presence or with the active participation of Tatmadaw officers who held positions of authority within the military units responsible for the abuse.1163 A Shan man explained how a Tatmadaw commander, present while he was repeatedly hit by soldiers during an interrogation, said to him, “Don’t make the soldiers angry, or you will be beaten”.1164 The victim told the Mission that he had been arrested by the Tatmadaw for having provided water to SSA-S fighters who had stopped at his village. The Tatmadaw hit the man on his face and chest with the end of their guns and punched and kicked him while asking him why he had talked to the Shan fighters.1165 500. In most cases documented by the Mission, the Tatmadaw inflicted severe pain or suffering on men and boys during interrogations conducted at the time of or shortly after, their capture.1166 When a number of suspects were captured simultaneously, often without being told why, they were separated and violently interrogated individually, in different but close-by locations.1167 501. The Mission received information that, in July 2018, in Kachin State, Tatmadaw soldiers detained three Kachin men on suspicion of affiliation to the KIA.1168 A source indicated that the victims were not carrying any weapons at the time of their arrest. 1169 Credible information received by the Mission indicates that the three men were tied up, interrogated separately, subjected to death threats and beaten until they confessed to being KIA fighters.1170 Sources reported that the confessions obtained from the victims during the 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 138 GM-019, GI-028, GI-043, GI-041, PI-126, PI-164, PI-165. GI-028, GI-045, GI-046, PI-164. GI-028, GI-030, GI-045, GI-046, GI-024, GI-034, GI-035, GI-051, PI-126, PI-164, PI-165, PI-166, FFFGEN-1-85854, FFFGEN-1-85853, rows 106, 99, 68, 129 and 199 of FFFGEN-1-85769, V-389, V-391. GI-023, GI-024, GI-034, GI-046, PI-126, PI-164, PI-165, PI-166, V-392. PI-126. PI-126. PI-126. PI-126. GI-024, GI-034, GI-035, GI-045, GI-046. GI-024. GI-024. GI-028, GI-034, GI-035, PI-126, GI-046. GI-028, GI-034, GI-035, GI-045, GI-046. GI-028, GI-030, GI-051. GI-051. GI-028, GI-030, GI-051.