Mung Ban, 35, plugs the hole in his arm after he pulls out the needle. Hopin, Myanmar, Nov 2015.
The military airport of Myiktyina is close to the Irrawaddy river. From here, military jets take off to shell K.I.A. outposts. Myitkina, Myanmar, March 2016
Wounded soldiers spend time in the courtyard of the military hospital. Often severely injured and disabled soldiers fall into depression and start using heroin. Laiza, Myanmar Feb. 2014.
Two kids play using two cardboard boxes. Kachin state, March 2016.
Wounded soldier at the Military Hospital in Mayjiayang, Myanmar, Feb. 2014.
Drug users gathered around the hut of a drug dealer. Kachin State, Myanmar, March 2016.
Two road construction workers inside a cave inject heroin. Kachin State, Myanmar March 2016.
Mung Ban, 35, freelance jade trader (R), for fear of being discovered and taken to a detox centre, is hiding and waiting to sober up at the house of a friend’s grandmother. He just shot a dose of heroin. Hopin, Myanmar, Nov. 2015.
Drug dealer (second from left) with miners. Kachin State, Myanmar. March 2016.
K.I.A. checkpoints on the road. Travellers stopped are obliged to do the drug test and be searched. If soldiers find drugs or test positive, travellers will be taken immediately to a centre where they will spend at least six months. Laiza, Myanmar, April 2015.
K.I.A. (Kachin Independence Army) Major Hpandan Gam Ba, 47, Chief of Laiza Rehab Center. Laiza, Myanmar. Feb 2014.
Distribution of food at the Maijiayang Rehab Center. Maijiayang, Myanmar. April 2015.
Drug addicts arrive at the Laiza Rehab Centres. Laiza, Myanmar. April 2015.
Addicts captured by K.I.A. (Kachin Independence Army) at forced labour under the control of soldiers. Kachin State, Myanmar. April 2015.
Laiza Rehab Centre. Laiza, Myanmar. April 2015.
Aci, 45 years old (far left), La Seng, 33, Than Zin, 36 and Htoy Nan La, 27, kneel on their knees and wait for their turn to be questioned. Myitkyina, Myanmar, March 2017.
A father talks with his son. He has to spend six months inside a rehab centre. Myitkyina, Myanmar. Feb 2017.
Aci is 45 years old. Father of two and HIV-positive. Bethel Rehab Center keepers shave the head of the junkies on the first day of their arrival. Myitkyina, Myanmar. March 2017.
Aci, 45 years old. Father of two and HIV-positive. After the abrupt head shave, Aci picked up his hair from the ground. He started to realise what he has to face in the coming months and started to sob. Myitkyina, Myanmar. March 2017.
San Ni 20 years old (far left) Htet Yethu 24 years old, and Bring Htun Aung, 28 Years old are locked up for weeks. Bethel Rehab Center. Myitkyina, Myanmar. Feb. 2017.
Aci, 45 years old. Father of two and HIV-positive. Before going into the room where he would be locked up for the next three months, Aci must wash in the yard of the Bethel Rehab Center. Myitkyina, Myanmar. March 2017.
Bethel Rehabilitation Center. Each “student” must put one foot in the lock to prevent them from escaping. Myitkyina, Myanmar. March 2017.
Aci, 45 (left) A Htu, 28 years old. Intimidated by the situation and deprived of freedom, Aci could not stop crying before being locked up. His mate tries in vain to console him. A Htu has a pregnant wife. He tried to escape three times, and every time Pat Jasan caught him and brought him back to the centre where he must start three months since the beginning. Myitkyina, Myanmar. March 2017.
Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar. Some addicts can walk in the centre tied to their feet with a chain. Myitkyina, Myanmar. March 2017.
After the distribution of methadone, some drug users relax in the morning sun outside the Hospital of Hopin. Hopin, Myanmar. Nov 2015.
