Nasaka forces villager to pay pebble as fine in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Nasaka personnel from its headquarters have been checking nearby villages for repairing of houses and fined with pebble pits, said a village administration officer from Nwahyondaung village.

The Nasaka personnel went to the villages – Nwahyoudaung, Maung Hnama and Kyiganpin – nearby Nasaka Headquarters where the Nasaka checked the compounds of the villagers for searching if the villagers repaired their houses or extension of the house or toilets. If the Nasaka found any things new in the house, they (Nasaka) took photograph the things and summoned the villager to the Head office, he more added.

At the head office, the officer checked the field reports and imposed a fine of pebble pits of 5 to 10, said an elder from Kyiganpin village.

“A pit is measure with 9 feet long, 9 feet wide and 1 foot high with pebble and one pit cost around 5000 kyat recently.”

“To build the road, we need pebble and you have to pay for road where you will go on this road,” the officer said.

But, the Nasaka officers are asking not pebble pits, the officers want only the money as per recent market, said a teacher from Maung Hnama village.

Last month, the Township administration officer ordered to village admin officers to issue permission of build repairing with detail mention. Now, the Nasaka are collecting information of building repairing and forced to fine them, said a politician from Maungdaw.