Wednesday 6 June 2012

Police watch Rohingya villages in Maungdaw


Maungdaw, Arakan State: Police personnel are watching the Rohingya villages of Maungdaw at night after Massacre of 10 Muslim by the gang of Rakhine racist in Taungup on June 3, according to an officer from Maungdaw.

“U Aung Myint Soe, the Maungdaw district administrator and  U Kyi Than, the Maungdaw township administrator officers called  Dr. Htun Aung, the Muangdaw Islamic religious council chairman and some members of  Maungdaw Islamic  Ullahma organization at district office where the officers told the Rohingya  religious leaders to keep the Rohingya from Maungdaw to stay peacefully on June 4.”

Similarly, Col. Aung Gyi, the director of Burma border security force (Nasaka) called the religious leaders at his office and said to stay peacefully in Maungdaw.Not to do any things which will harm the situation of Maungdaw into unrest, the office said.

But, on the night of June 4, police personnel from Maungdaw district police station and local police with other plain clothes police were deployed  at the junctions of Rohingya villages- clock tower ( Kanree village),  police line (Fayajee village) ,Myoma Kayoungdan village, Block 5 (Nayapara) and Shwezar bridge, said an elder from Maungdaw.

“The Rohingya closed all their business at 9:00pm where Rakhine were open their business at night. The police only stay at Rohingya villages and watch situation at night. But, no police personnel are seen at day time.”

“All the Rohingya enter to their home before 9:00pm as the police take position at 9:00 pm.”

In the rural area, the Nasaka round the Rohingya villages at night and the Rohingya community are not going outside after 9:00pm, said an officer from village admin office.

“Still we don’t see any things happen in our area, but the authority high alert in the area.”

“But, we don’t see any authority or security force is watching the model villages near our area and also in the town also no police are watching the Rakhine living blocks.”

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