Friday 9 March 2012

BGB arrests and pushes back Rohingya to Burma

Teknaf, Bangladesh: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested nine-Rohingya from the border on March 5 and pushed back them Burma later, said a local from Teknaf.

“The Rohingya were arrested while they entered illegally to Bangladesh from Sharpurdip at about 9:00pm on March 5.”

The arrested Rohingya are, six males, two females and one child, they were arrested by BGB in the raid, according to official.

They were detained in the BGB custody one night for further investigation. However they were pushed back to Burma on March 6, the officer said.

The conducted operation was led by Company Commander Ful Meah of Shapuri Dip BGB out-post.

The Commanding officer Lt. Col. Jahid Hassan confirmed that the arrested were pushed back to Burma.

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.

Local fear after sole agent tenders in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, ARakan State: Local people from Maungdaw fear for their daily life struggle after sole agents tenders were announced on March 3 , said a trader  from Maungdaw.

“The tender price is more than twice than last year and the sole agents will collect more their fee on consumers’ goods and daily life of people.”

Kyat 1.2 million for slaughter license – sole agent-  which no different from last year , but the market and wheel and road licenses are going more than double price than last year, said a businessman from Maungdaw.

“Kyat 11.8 million for market license which was 5.8 million and Kyat 16 million for wheel and road license which was 8.6 million last year.”

The agents are;-- Maung Maung Sein for  slaughter , Than Khey alias Paungmay for market and Maung Maung Zaw for wheel and road,

Kyaw Saw, ex-military intelligence personnel had tried to control -- the market, wheel and road -- sectors and asked to former agents to give him ten million kyat for not involving in the sole agent auction (tenders) sale, according to an officer who involve in the tender sale.

It is learn that Kyaw Saw, the agent of fishing sector in Maungdaw south who harass the fishermen with help of authority and most of fishermen lost their business for high toll collecting. It is now trying to control and monopoly and to harass the Rohingya business of Maungdaw with this sole agent system.

The Arakan state economic minister and the head officer of Akyab municipal were present with other officials during tender sale program which held in Thirimangala Hall in Maungdaw.

Town administration officer restricts on building permission

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Maungdaw Township administration officer ordered village administration officers to follow the restrictions while issuing permission to build the house in Maungdaw at monthly village administration officers meeting in Township administration office, said a village administration officer.

U Kyi San, the Township administration officer, ordered to the village administration officers not issue any building permission without checking of measurement and the building type.”

You must be described every things of the building – mud shack, bamboo house, wooden house and brick building—while you recommend and issue first permission to the authority, said U kyi San in the meeting.

“I will fire, if you made any mistake while issuing the permissions.”

“You can’t issue permission for wooden house form mud shack and didn’t allow extending the measurement of original.”

To get permission, Rohingya has to pay more than one million kyats depend on the type of house. It is only for Rohingy community, not for other, said an elder from Maungdaw.

If there is no official order for building, how the Township administration officer restricted the village admin officers in the meeting, the elder added.

The border towns – Maungdaw and Buthidaung - are going within the hand of authority who made the law in the town where most of the Rohingya community are resided, said a politician from Maungdaw.

“If you pay the money to the officer, you will get the permission to building. The Rohingya communities in the towns are not able to repair their home which is going worst and most of the houses are bamboo, wood and thatches which need to repair every one –two year. But the authority is asking money to repair their home. So, no money no repair.”

Rakhine ministers try to build a Buddha Damma youn (Buddhist community hall for religious purpose) on Rohingya’s resident

Akyab, Arakan State: U Tha Lu Chey, the minister of Arakan State Administration board is trying to build a Buddha Damma youn (Buddhist community hall for religious purpose) on Rohingya’s resident on March 3, said a block administration office member from said area.

The minister visited the area – No. 570, block (A-4/A-5), Merchant Street, Sayounsu block, Akyab – on March 3 at 9:00 am  where Mohamed Sayed alias Hla Maung Thein, a Rohingya , is living with his family since long, holding solid document of land property, the  administration office member said.

“U Aung Than Way, U Aung Thein Tun and U Maung Aye, Rakhine community members who resided same block also try to build Buddha Damma youn and organized the Rakhine Nationalities Development Party (RNDP) to use the political party power to confiscate the Rohingya resident place.”

The RNDP ministers – U Tha Lu Chey, U Aung Than Tin and U Kyaw Thein – also visited the place where the block administration officer showed an empty place (land) for building but the ministers told in front of the people that they will use the power of ministers or political party power to confiscate the Rohingya resident land.

The Rohingya, U Hla Maung Thein, has solid documents for land property and it is not possible to remove forcefully from his land as former western commander had tried to build a Buddha Damma youn (Buddhist community hall for religious purpose) on this land but failed, said a Rakhin community from Dhayawaddy block.

The area is fully accommodated with Islam religious and there is not Buddhist community. To build any Buddha Damma youn (Buddhist community hall for religious purpose) must be an area of Buddhist community, said a politician from Akyab.

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