Forced labor still uses in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma’s border security force Nasaka has been extracting forced labor since December 20, 2011 from villagers of Maungdaw north, said a village elder whose son once went to the Nasaka camp to build latrines.

“The villagers are forced to work in the Kwanthipin Nasaka camp of Maungdaw Township such as--- road building nearby the camp, construction of new buildings and renovation of barracks in the camp, to construct latrines, to clean up the camp compound and to renovate fence of the compound.”

Every day, 10 villagers per one village have to go to the Nasaka camp to work there with their own food. The villagers have to go there from 8:00 am and are released after 5:00 pm.

The villagers from Kwanthipin village tract and Kurkhali (Lakeya) village are engaged in forced labor in the Nasaka camp of Maungdaw north without getting any help from the Nasaka.

Besides, earlier, four villagers had to go to one village sentry post, but now, eight villagers have to go to one sentry post per night. So, many villagers are being engaged in sentry post as there are three to four sentry posts in one village. The sentry men are not able to work the next day because they passed the sleepless night before, said a trader from the locality who denied to be named.

So far, the Rohingya community is involved in forced labor though the local people and international community told that Burma has been changing since the new government came into power. In reality, there is no changing in the area of Rohingya community. But, they hope that something will be changed in future, said a businessman from Maungdaw Town.

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