FEDERAL police will question a Burmese-born Brisbane man who claims to have murdered dozens of political activists while working undercover for the military regime.
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Meanwhile, a second Burmese man has come forward to confess to a secret military past, saying he caused the deaths of up to 50 people in Burma.
Moon Hsar, 44, says he worked as a secret agent for the Burmese military from within the Karen revolutionary army between 1984 and 1987, having been seduced by its power and wealth.
He claims it was his job to incite conflict between his own Karen people and other ethnic groups by rumour-mongering and blaming innocent parties for others' deeds. He would also pass intelligence back to the junta via the animal trade.
''There was a lot of fighting. Three years is a long time,'' he said through an interpreter.
''Forty to 50 people (died) because of me, because of order from military government. I feel guilty, very guilty.
''I feel like they use me as a knife to kill my own people.''
Htoo Htoo Han used the media last week to confess to the killing of at least 24 people in the wake of a pro-democracy uprising in Burma in 1988. He posed as a student activist but was in fact the commander of a military intelligence death squad.
He subsequently claimed that eight other members of his squad - responsible for killing up to 150 people in total - are also living in various states around Australia after successfully requesting political asylum.
Mr Han, a 44-year-old Australian citizen and father of three, told the Herald yesterday that the federal police had contacted him and suggested he retain a lawyer, as they would be questioning him this week over the claims.
The Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, last week ordered the federal police to investigate Mr Han's claims. However, it is uncertain whether Australian authorities could take action, due to the complex legal status of the case.
Mr Hsar, a father of five, said while his own situation was unrelated to that of Mr Han, he too wanted to get the secrets plaguing him off his chest.
Mr Hsar said he stopped working for the military when he saw soldiers punishing a Karen-controlled village in about 1987.
''The army come in, they rape the women, everything, I see this woman being raped … I very, very angry so I cut it off,'' Mr Hsar said through the interpreter.
''They kill really all woman, children, they kill them all.''
An Australian citizen, Mr Hsar came to Australia five years ago after leaving the Karen army in 1998 and staying at a refugee camp on the Thai-Burma border.
He indicated there may be more like him living in Australia, willing to confess their pasts after reading Mr Han's story.
