A/HRC/42/CRP.5 States. The Mission found that Tatmadaw soldiers subjected women and, in one case, a girl1236 to sexual violence, including rape, gang rape and attempted rape, as well as forced nudity, leading to ostracism by their communities and government authorities. 1237 In cases reported to the Mission, complaints were lodged before authorities against the perpetrators but they did not result in investigation or sanctions against them. 1238 The following cases are drawn from the 2019 thematic report as examples of sexual violence experienced in northern Myanmar during the reporting period. 529. The Mission received credible reports of a Kachin woman killed in Kuktai Township, Shan State, on 3 July 2019. Photos assessed by the Mission indicate that the woman may have been raped before being killed. She was murdered at her shop. 1239 Sources available to the Mission and the area of operations of specific Tatmadaw military units, as well as media reports, suggest that the murder and possible rape were perpetrated by soldiers belonging to a military unit with the number 261, which has been stationed in the village since 2016.1240 530. The Mission also verified the rape and torture of an ethnic Ta’ang woman by two Tatmadaw soldiers on 10 May 2019 in Namhsan Township, Shan State. 1241 Sources available to the Mission and media reports suggest that Tatmadaw soldiers from LIBs 258, 252 and 522, commanded by LID 101, were stationed in or around the village at the time of the rape.1242 The incident took place in an area bordering TNLA-controlled territory where the Tatmadaw has been fighting since 20111243 and where clashes took place after the December 2018 unilateral ceasefire.1244 The soldiers abducted the woman while she was farming alone on a tea plantation. They dragged her down the valley while asking her in the Myanmar language, which she barely understood, how many TNLA fighters were in the area.1245 The two men ripped off some of her clothes and took turns raping her. 1246 According to another source, the Tatmadaw said it would “take responsibility” if the gang rape resulted in a pregnancy.1247 The woman lodged an official complaint with the Namhsan police shortly after the incident, after which the police collected the survivor’s clothing as evidence. The police provided no additional follow-up information to the survivor more than a month after the complaint was lodged. The woman left her village out of fear of reprisals from the Tatmadaw and due to the stigma attached to being a known rape survivor.1248 531. A Kachin woman told the Mission that in April 2018, during ground operations and house searches conducted by the Tatmadaw in Tanai Township, Tatmadaw soldiers forced her to undress in front of her family. The victim understood the forced nudity as being a rape threat perpetrated to obtain information from her family on KIA movements. 1249 She also reported that, after a battle with the KIA and house searches, the Tatmadaw conducted patrols around the perimeter of the village and raped at least four women and girls who were trying to flee the area.1250 532. During the reporting period, the Mission verified the rape of a 70 year old Shan woman in Monghpyak village, Tachilek Township, Shan State, on 2 April 2018. 1251 1236 1237 1238 1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246 1247 1248 1249 1250 1251 144 PI-141. PI-166. GI-014, GI-006, PI-136, PI-141, PI-166, V-330 V-359, 2137, 2138. V-359, 2137, 2138. PI-166, V-354, V-355, 2615. PI-166, V-354, V-355, 2615. PI-101. A/HRC/42/50, paras. 57-58. PI-166. PI-166, 2615. 2615. 2615. GI-006. GI-006. GI-002, GI-014, PI-136, V-356, V-357, V-358.