IN DARKEST BURMA.
HUMAN SACRIFICES CONTINUE
VICTIMS FROM ASSAM.
A. and N.Z. DELHI. March 19. An interesting account of the Government's efforts to stamp out slavery and human sacrifices in the Napa Hills, Burma, estimates that 270 nriives are sold into slavery or kidnapped from distant villages every year. • A Government survey party arranged to release several, also one or two who were marked for sacrifice. Investigations show that human sacrifice is much commoner than was hitherto supposed, the number heing six to ten yearly, and when funds are plentiful between 20 and 30. Indian boys and girls are kidnapped from Assam and slaughtered. The report says that the only solution of the problem is direct admfnistration of tracts where the hideous practices prevail.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 9
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124IN DARKEST BURMA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 9
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