Bangladesh pushes back 16 Rohingya

Teknaf, Bangladesh: Bangladesh Guard Bangladesh (BGB) pushed back 16 Rohingya who were arrested from the Teknaf-Cox’s Bazar highway road on November 27, according to a trader from Teknaf.

“The Rohingya who were going to Cox’s Bazar with different vehicles on Teknaf-Cox’s Bazar highway road and BGB arrested them at their check point on the road.”

Later, they were pushed pack to Burma through the entry point of Whykong.

Similarly, the BGB arrested Nazim Uddin, 26, hailed from Shabran under Teknaf police station, a drug trafficker with 3970 Yaba tablets while he was going to Cox’s Bazar from Shamalapur through the marine drive road on November27, said an elder from Shamalapur.

Nazim was handed over to the Teknaf police station and file a case of drug trafficking against him, an official said from Teknaf police station. 

On the other hand, BGB seized five sacks of fertilizer, three sacks of rice, seventy kg of potatoes and twenty litters of diesel with a row boat from Naff river on November 27, while it was being smuggled to Burma, according to official from BGB.

Arrest for eating Jelaphi (sweet) in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Three youths were arrested by local border security force (Nasaka), yesterday while eating Jelaphi at  home shop  - a kind of local made sweet, which made of mixture of sugar, powder of rice  and oil - in the village at about 10:00 mid-night, said a  relative of the victims. 

“The arrestees were identified as Sayeddul Amin (22), son of Abdu Zalil, ali Zuhar (30), son of Noru Alam, and Mohamed Noor (23), son of Mohamed Jalil. They all belong to Nanda Khali village of Nasaka area No.6 of Maungdaw Township.”

“A group of Nasaka from a Nasaka outpost camp, who has been temporarily taking station recently at the village administration office, went to the Jelaphi shop while the said three youths were eating Jelaphi. But, the Nasaka arrested them at shop with allegation of drinking wine.”

The three youths were severely tortured in their temporarily camp of village administration office and the Nasaka demanded money to release while keeping them with stocks.

However, they all were released after paying Kyat 700,000 to the Nasaka, the next day in the morning, said a close friend of the victim.

“The youths are eating sweet (Jelaphi) from a sweet maker in their village. They did not commit any crime but they are arrested and tortured and demand money to release,” said a village elder.

“People across the Arakan State hope that the visiting US Secretary of State Ms.Hillary Clinton will give pressure to the new civilian Burmese government backed by army regarding the human rights violation in every part of the Burma,” said a local elder from Maungdaw Town.