A/HRC/42/CRP.5 431. The Mission also takes note of a group of 54 Chin-Kumi civilians from Kin Ta Lin village in Paletwa Township who were taken by the AA on 2 February 2019. 990 The AA told the group they were being evacuated for their safety due to nearby fighting. 991 Half of the village had already left the village days previously.992The AA first took the villagers to a temporary camp close to the Bangladesh border and then to an AA base.993 The Mission received credible reports that the group were subjected to forced labour. 994 During their time under AA custody, villagers were unable to contact their families. The AA confirmed that the villagers were in its custody but it stated that they were not arbitrarily detained but kept at the base for their own protection.995 Reports indicate that on 1 August 2019 all the villagers were handed over to the Chin Village Administrator. 996 432. The Mission is also aware of reports that in April 2019 the AA detained seven family members of Myanmar police officers, including three children. The AA detained them during an attack on a police base that resulted in three people being killed, including the wife of one police officer.997 The media reported that Twan Mrat Naing, the head of the AA, admitted detaining the family members of the police officers and noted that they were being properly treated, kept in safety and would be released soon. 998 The seven were reportedly released on 12 April 2019.999 The Mission was unable to verify the content of these reports. 3. Seizure of property and extortion 433. AA fighters have regularly seized goods from Chin villagers, predominantly in Paletwa Township, Chin State. For the most part, this involved the AA taking foodstuffs, including rice, but also livestock, such as chickens and pigs, and other rations. 1000 In some cases, AA fighters have demanded money from Chin villagers. 1001 At times, AA fighters entered Chin villages in groups and convened meetings where they made their demands. 1002 At other times, individual or small groups of AA fighters came into or near villages at night, during which “collections” were coordinated through a village leader, with local 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 1001 1002 122 LI-181, LI-182, See also: Amnesty International, No one Can Protect Us: War Crimes and Abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, (May 2019), p.36; https://www.myanmarnow.org/mm/news/2019?fbclid=IwAR0Y0754FKcSZbnsl22OJ; Khumi Affairs Consultative Council (KACC), "Statement by KACC" (2 April 2019) available at: https://www.facebook.com/342452573283770/photos/a.342503386612022/342888343240193/; Radio Free Asia, “Chin Ethnics Urge Arakan Army to Free Villagers; AA Warns of Severe Fighting With Myanmar Army” (29 April 2019); Khonumthung News, "KACC asked for the release of over 50 Khumi Chin ethnic people taken by the AA" (1 May 2019): https://khonumthung.org/?p=7764; Radio Free Asia, “Four Villagers Killed, Six Injured in New Fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, Villagers still held” (3 June 2019). LI-181. CI-201, LI-182. LI-182, Amnesty International, No one Can Protect Us: War Crimes and Abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, (May 2019). LI-182, LI-225 (Note all other sources on this lead back to the individual source). FFFGEN-1-83522, FFFGEN-1-83524, FFFGEN-1-83526, FFFGEN-1-83528, FFFGEN-1-83530, See also: Amnesty International, No one Can Protect Us: War Crimes and Abuses in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, (May 2019). p.36. Radio Free Asia, “Arakan Army Releases 52 Villagers Held For Six Months in Western Myanmar” (1 August 2019). Global New Light of Myanmar, “AA attacks Security Police HQ in Mrauk-U, takes families hostage” (10 April 2019). https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=288463552068484; Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint, “Arakan Army to Release Relatives of Police Officers” (The Irrawaddy, 11 April 2019). Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint, “Arakan Army to Release Relatives of Police Officers” (The Irrawaddy, 11 April 2019). CI-247, CI-248, CI-249, CI-252, CI-255, CI-256, CI-258, CI-314, LI-140, LI-142, LI-143, LI-147, LI-148, LI-149, LI 150, LI-153, LI-158, LI-160. CI-247, CI-252, CI-254, CI-255, LI-140, LI-142, LI-143, LI-153, LI-156, LI-158. CI-247, CI-248, CI-250, CI-252, LI-140, LI-143, LI-146.