Friday 21 June 2013

No rule of law for Rohingya in Maungdaw


Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Burmese authority in Maungdaw didn’t allow Rohingya community to adopt the law for their life and property, according to a politician from Maungdaw.
“A Rohingya shop owner want to file a case of robbery- for his electronic goods shop- in Maungdaw police station, but the police officer didn’t accepted his diary of robbery file and arrested him for his report, detained in the police station.”
Hafez Hussion (42), son of Jamal (former land survey officer) hailed from Ward No. 5, was the Rohingya electronic shop owner who lost Kyat 5 million from his shop which was robbed on June 18 night at about 1:45am. The shop is stationed on harbor road under Ward No. 1 and some source said it was robbed by a group of Rakhine youth, according to an elder from Ward No. 1.
“Hafez tried to find out the shop burglar through the law and informed to the concerned authorities – district police office and township police office- for justice, but police arrested him for filing the case against Rakhine youth.”
Hafez is a Rohingya Muslim, living in Maungdaw, a border town- under control of Buddhist officer-where the law and order are in the hand of them. Whatever the Buddhist officers want or wish, it will be law and the Muslim have to follow it, said a student from Maungdaw.
“Here is no security of properties and life of Rohingya community. The concerned authorities killed Rohingya people like animals and taking properties of Rohingyas in illegal ways by using power

More dead bodies recovered in Bay of Bengal

 Three more dead bodies were recovered in the Bay of Bengal near Teknaf upazila, yesterday, said police from Teknaf.

Rohingya woman dead body was found at Naf river Bank
“The coast guard and police of Teknaf recovered three bodies— one man, one woman (25) and one girl (7).  Within two days – June 16 and 17-, they recovered six bodies from the Bay of Bengal, but, more boat-people have been missing.”
The small wooden boat was sunk in the Bay of Bengal on June 16, with 28 voyagers not far from the coastline. Loading with passengers, it went to a big trawler, which was anchoring in the Bay of Bengal to get on the passengers. But it was sunk by the rough waves when the boat was returning to the coast again, as it was unable to get on the passengers to the big trawler. The big trawler had already left for Malaysia from the place before the arrival of the small boat, according to the local people.

Rohingya young girl  dead body was found on Naf river bank
The sources said, five small boats were going to the big trawler with passengers, but three boats were able to get on passengers to the big trawler, but two boats were failed as the big trawler had left before that arrival.
A local fisherman Lal Meah from Teknaf said, most of the people (voyagers) are Rohingya Muslims including some Bengalis. At the movement, the weather is bad because of rainy season.
The three dead bodies were brought to the Teknaf police station for more inquiry. However, the bodies were not identified.
“The dead bodies are Rohingya Muslims,” said a local people named Abdu Salam of Teknaf.

Nasaka attempts to kill a villager

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma border security force (Nasaka) attempted to kill a Rohingya villager on June 17 at night in Maungdaw south, said an elder from the village on condition of anonymity.
“A group of Nasaka personnel from Nasaka area number 7 went to Molana Mohamed Jalal (40), son of Nazir Ahmed home from Aley Than  Kyaw village, Maungdaw south on June 17 at midnight where they tried to enter the home after breaking the door.”
Meanwhile, the owner of the house woke up and saw some of the men with arms, speaking Burmese language. So, the Molana screamed for help from the villagers, said a Nasak aide preferring not to be named.
Hearing the screams of the house owner, villagers rushed to the spot. But, Nasaka fired into air while villagers were approaching to the spot, according to sources.
After that, Jalal was dragged out from the house and severely beaten up on the spot. The victim was going into unconscious state after severely bleeding from his mouth. Later, he was brought to the local Nasaka camp where he was detained, said a relative not to mention his name.
Till writing repot, his fate is not known to his relatives and they are not allowed to visit him.
The Nasaka went to his house to commit robbery. He was severely tortured because he cried as “some of robbers enter his home and seek help from neighboring villagers.” As a result, the Nasaka personnel were very angry as they were unable to commit robbery, a close relative of the victim said.
A former administrator said, “Every night Nasaka personnel go to the Rohingya villages and try to harass the villagers by false allegations

No security in Rohingyas’ properties

Maungdaw, Arakan State: There is no security in Rohingya’s properties whether it is moveable or unmovable, in Arakan state. Three cows were picked up by Natala villagers and handed over to their boss Nasaka of Maungdaw south, said a local trader on condition of anonymity.
“The cows were picked up by the Natala villagers of Sommona village from the field on June 15, while grazing nearby forest.”
Natala villagers frequently picked up the cows of Rohingyas with the help of local Nasaka and extort money. The Natala villagers are being used as pawns by local Nasaka to harass the local Rohingya people in many ways, said a local elder preferring not to be named.
Regarding the crimes committed by Natala villagers, the local Rohingya people complained to the concerned local Nasaka (Burma’s border security force) authority, but the Nasaka did not take any action against the Natala villagers. Let them free hand to commit crimes against the Rohingya community. As a result, the Natala villagers are encouraged to make more assault against the Rohingyas, said a youth from the locality.
The owner of the cows was identified as— Fazal Korim (50), son of Muzher, hailed from Khonzar Bill village under the Aley Than Kyaw village tract of Maungdaw Township.
According to sources, some cow boys immediately went to village and informed to the owner of the cows regarding the matter.
Later, Fazal went to the Nasaka camp of Sommona under the Nasaka area No. 7 and complained about the abduction of the cows. But, the Nasaka asked him that “Why you came here to complain about the cows,” and then he was arrested and severely tortured on the spot. However, Later, Fazal including the cows were released after taking Kyat 40,000, on that day in the evening, a close relative of the victim said quoting the owner of the cows.
According to villagers, mostly cows are not being sent to nearby forest for grazing by owners because of picked up by the Natala villagers. So, the farmers are facing many difficulties to maintain their cows.
When asked one of the Nasakas about the pick-up of the cows by the Natala villagers, “he told that regarding this, we have no information

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