M.S.
Anwar
29.12.2012
Maung Daw, Arakan- Since 5AM this morning, the village of
Khadir Bil (Nyaung Chaung), Maung Daw has been under the besiege and blockage
of a joint department of Police, Hluntin (Security Forces), NaSaKa (Border
Security Froces) and Military. The joint department is carrying out mass
arbitrary arrests of innocent Rohingyas in the village.
“At 5AM, a joint department of Police,
Hluntin (Security Forces), NaSaKa (Border Security Froces) and Military
besieged the village Khadir Bil (Nyaung Chaung).They have put blockades around
the village since then so that no Rohingya from the village can escape. Now the
joint department is raiding every house in the village and arbitrarily
arresting innocent Rohingyas. Besides, they have been harassing Rohingya women
in the village. Meanwhile, some innocent Rohingyas are being released after
extorting money.
U Khin Maung Shwe [sic], the Judge of the
Court of Maung Daw Tsp, has been issuing arbitrary arrest warrants of Rohingyas
in Maung Daw with the baseless accusations of their involvements in the
violence. In the village of Baggona alone, there is an arrest warrant issued
for 42 Rohingya people in addition to the previously arrested 54 innocent
Rohingyas who are in the detention cells (the hells on earth) in Buthidaung.
He, U Khin Maung Shwe, is a Rakhine extremist who has been, since June, in the
forefront of arresting and killing of Rohingyas and exaggerating the violence
against them.
He has issued an arrest warrant for 14
people in Nyaung Chaung village. Since none of them is in the village now, they
have been arresting innocent Rohingyas from the village. We fear that we might
the face the similar situation sooner or later” a Rohingya Elder from Maung
Daw.
He added “most of the time, the authority
and administration of Arakan, mainly composed of Rakhine extremists, carry out
violence, arbitrary arrests and tortures against Rohingyas and Kamans without
the permission and acknowledgement from NayPyiTaw (or Central Government).
Sometimes, they don’t even follow the direction given by NayPyiTaw.”
Besides, as it has been known, the authority
in Arakan is forcing Rohingyas to register themselves as Bengali, an identity
they don’t belong to. Registration process includes taking digital fingerprints
and photographs that will permanently make their Rohingya identity disappear.
Now, the NaSaKa in Nagpura (NgaKhuRa) village of Maung Daw started to force
Rohingya villagers to sign themselves “Bengali.”
“On 22nd December 2012, the
commander Win Hlaing and Chief Staff (U-Si-Hmuu) Tun Tun Naing of NaSaKa Region
(NayMayay) 5 started to force Rohingyas to sign themselves as Bengali.
According to them, it is the order from higher authority Myanmar. If Rohingyas
don’t follow the order, they will be arrested and prosecuted. The following
Rohingyas were arrested as they hesitated to accept the term “Bengali.”
1)
Nazir
Ahmed S/o Zakir Ahmed 30 years old
2)
Abul
Alam S/o Ataullah 27 years
old
3)
Noor
Alam S/o Mohammed Shafi 46 years old
4)
Hussien
Ahmed S/o Noor Alam 19 years old
5)
Zakir
S/o Nurur Zallal 31
years old
6)
Sayed
Noor S/o Sayed 25
years old
7)
Amnullah
S/o Mohammed Ullah 31 years old
The following two Rohingyas were forced to
sign themselves as “Bengali.”
1)
Shakat
Ali S/o Ashu Ali 35 years
old
2) Shah Alam S/o Mohammed Alam 36 years old” reported by the correspondent
of ERC (European Rohingya Council) Media.
The pogroms and all kinds of atrocities
against Rohingyas and Kamans have been being carried out in Arakan for months.
As a result, they are now on the verge of extinction. Yet, International
government bodies and communities are not taking effective actions to stop the
genocides and man-made humanitarian catastrophe in Arakan.
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