Although this is a ceasefire area, it is difficult to implement BPHWT activities here. In the run up to the 2010 elections, the SPDC has pressured ceasefire groups to be transformed into Border Guard Forces under SPDC military command. If the Karenni National People Liberation Front (KNPLF) agrees to become a Border Guard Force, it will make conditions more difficult for the BPHWT teams traveling and working in this area. Health supplies are carried into the field by the workers and villagers as the area is very mountainous and security conditions make carrying the supplies more difficult. During the rainy season, it is difficult for health workers to carry medicines and supplies into the Ho Yar and Gay Kaw areas. On 24th June 2009, medicine supplies were confiscated and 5 villagers, who were asked to take responsibility for taking care of the medicine supplies, were arrested by SPDC in Leh Du Kaw village, Shan Kayah Area.