A/HRC/42/CRP.5 execution by asphyxiation with a plastic bag.1187 After being interrogated about his suspected affiliation to the KIA, he was further detained by Tatmadaw soldiers for almost three months and forced to work in construction.1188 A 14 year old year old Kachin boy who was with him was blindfolded, hit on the head with guns and threatened with knives by Tatmadaw soldiers who were seeking information from him on another Kachin man suspected of being a member of the KIA.1189 The Tatmadaw discontinued the questioning after discovering his age.1190 508. A Shan man who was beaten by Tatmadaw soldiers in Shan State in August 2018 told the Mission: I asked the soldiers to stop, I begged them, I asked them to have mercy on me, and I even joined my hands together as if I was worshiping and that’s when they stopped beating me. I told them I was a weak person and just a civilian, and that we could only survive if they had mercy for us … They searched the house and made a mess, and they took anything they wanted.1191 509. After the beating, the Tatmadaw forced him and three other men from the same village to act as porters, guides and cooks until they reached their camp. 1192 510. Similarly, a Kachin man who was beaten by Tatmadaw soldiers in Shan State in March 2019 told the Mission: I don’t know how to express my feelings, but when I was arrested, I felt as if my eyes couldn’t open, and I felt very confused because they tried to blame us even if we are not KIA … we couldn’t say anything, even if we knew we were in the right. I couldn’t respond, we just had to do what they said.1193 511. A Kachin man whose son was tortured by Tatmadaw soldiers in 2018 said: “It is difficult to talk about this, but I want justice and want to share what is happening to us Kachin people. I also don’t want other families to go through this”.1194 512. The Mission established that, in at least one case during the reporting period, the Tatmadaw used rape as a tactic of war that constituted torture. 1195 513. The Mission also received credible accounts of men detained by the Tatmadaw whose whereabouts remain unknown at the time of writing.1196 For example, a Kachin man, who was last known to have been arrested by Tatmadaw soldiers in Puta-O Township, Kachin State, in March 2018, is reported to remain missing at the time of writing.1197 His disappearance has had a severe impact on the lives and mental health of his relatives. 1198 514. A woman told the Mission she felt unsafe after her husband disappeared in Mogaung Township, Kachin State in May 2018:1199 I feel less safe now since my husband disappeared. My husband did not allow me to sell vegetables and go in the forest by myself to fetch leaves. Now I have to do it to survive and it exposes me to risks.1200 515. 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1200 140 A Kachin village administrator told the Mission: GI-045. GI-045, GI-046. GI-046. GI-046. 1078. 1078. 1337. 1159. See section on sexual and gender-based violence in this Chapter. GI-019, GI-039, GI-040, PI-162, PI-164, V-378. GI-019, GI-039, GI-040. 1341, PI-162. A/HRC/39/CRP.2, paras. 145 and 185. PI-162.