Camp police destroys unregistered refugee shack

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: Kutupalong registered camp police personnel had destroyed and fired a refugee shack of unregistered refugee camp on December 4, according to a refugee elder from the camp.

“The camp police personnel with plain cloth went to Mawgu’ shack - a unregistered refugee -  to arrest  with false allegation to extort money from him where the wife of Mawgu and his daughter with other female refugee attacked him  for not showing arrest warrant and without uniform on December 3 at about 9:00pm.”

“The police who was attacked by refugee female appeared with uniform in the camp on December 4 morning to searched Mawgu’s shack and had beaten the Mawgu’s wife and daughter when the police not found Mawgu in the shack.”

“The police personnel also burned all the belongings of Mawgu inside the shack which also destroyed the shack.”

“Both female are seriously injured for beating by police personnel and are taking treatment in MSF (Holland) clinic,” said a female refugee near their shack.

It is learned that the police personnel with cooperation of police inspector Jawnail are trying to extort money from refugee with help of police aide of refugee in the camp.

“We had fled from our home land for discrimination and harassment of Burmese authority. Here, we also are facing same as inside Arakan in the camp.”

“We came Bangladesh for our safety and security of our life, but here we also are facing same as Burma, where shall we will get our safety and security.”