The massacre in Doo Pla Ya District, April 2002. 12 people, mostly children, were massacred by Burmese troops while they tried to escape Burmese troops. They were in an area outside a forced relocation site that was controlled by resistance groups. The Burmese troops brand these areas as 'Black Zone' or free-fire-zone. People who escape from forced relocations sites and hide in the jungle are recognized by Burma Army as 'enemy' or rebel supporters. These people are systematically hunt down by Burmese Army who shoot and killed them. The army burns everything to ash, such as rice fields, in order to leave the people without any choice for survival. These operation also know as 'scorch earth' operation.