Friday 9 March 2012

Nasaka arrests woodcutter

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma border security force (Nasaka) arrested a Rohingya woodcutter on March 1, 2012, said a local villager.

“He was arrested by Nasaka personnel from Nasaka headquarters while he was selling a bundle of log and timber within his locality.”

The arrested was identified as Nurul Islam (28), son of Jalal Ahmed, hailed from Maungnama village tract of Maungdaw Township.

Nurul has been detained in the Nasaka Headquarters of Kawar Bill (kyikanpin) under Maungdaw. He was beaten and mentally tortured by Nasaka since he was arrested, said a villager on condition of anonymity.

The villager also said that the Nasaka personnel demanded him one million Kyat to release. But, he refused to pay the demand money.

According to sources, Nurul is a hard working day laborer for his survival and He was not able to fulfill Nasaka demand as a day laborer and the Nasaka personnel detained him in their headquarter since first March.

If he is not able to pay the demanding money, he can be sent to jail, sources said.

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