Maungdaw,
Arakan State: Maungdaw authorities- Township and district
administration offices – are designing the town with full of Human
rights to welcome UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Tomas
Quintana visit the areas , according to an elder from Maungdaw.
“We
heard Mr. Tomas Quintana will visit tomorrow Maungdaw and Buthidaung
and the Town authorities are preparing all things are under the
control and town people –Rohingyas – are getting all facilities –
movement, foods and religious.”
“The
town authorities called all the village administration officers to
their office and ordered all Rohingyas must be in the field for
working rice cultivation, must be open the Rohingya shops.”
“The
authorities also shifted all the arrestees from Buthidaung Jail to
No.2 Hluntin Battalion of Buthidaung near golf playground, who were
arrested in the riot period and kept in a small room where the
authority toke off all the clothes from them.”
All
Rakhines – Maungdaw north and south , from town and
other sides ;- Buthidaung and Rathedaung – are gathering at refugee
centers (mostly in the monasteries) in Maungdaw before , now the
Rakhines are gathering at Maungdaw High school as they are victims of
the riot and staying in the refugee center for fear of Rohingyas
attack to them, said a school teacher from Maungdaw. “The
Rakhines were gather in the monasteries when relief goods were
distributing time and returned back to their home after received the
relief goods. There are no Rakhine refugees in Maungdaw as no Rakhine
‘s houses burned, only Rohingyas’ houses only burned in
Maungdaw.”
“Rohingyaa
are not getting any relief from any quarters and they more suffering
by not giving access to foods and medicines by the authority.”
Besides,
Police officer U Hla Sein with other 4 police personnel entered more
than 20 houses from Ward number 5 where the police beat the family
members – women and children- and destroyed all the house hold
items. At last the police toke the family list and handed over to
Ward admin, said a villager from Ward number 5.
Foor
Khan, 21, son of Syed from Naribill was arrested by Military
Intelligence officer Hla Win Khine today at about 4:00pm where
he was tortured to confessed to say some name of
villagers which the officer want to extort money from them, said a
villager.
The
military personnel are placed everywhere in Maungdaw Township.
Rohingya people can move freely now wherever army personnel are
posted. The military is selling rice for Rohingya with high price.
Rice-sack porters also are happy for earning something. The Rohingya
are not able to buy rice as they have no money. All the money were
looted by Rakhine and security forces, said a villager from Maungdaw.
But
some policemen -–Assistant police officer Aye htun Sein and
sergeant Than Maung Gyi- who stationed near the clock tower are
looting money from the people and collecting 1000 kyats as toll on
per rice -sack.
The
ancient mosque nearby Sittwe airport is under renovation by the local
municipality as to show up that the government is taking care of the
damages. The lands of destructed houses and mosques have been
bulldozed. The situation of Rohingya refugee camps in Sittwe is still
unchanged. People are dying by starvation and lack of medical
treatments.
Violating
human rights beside the unrecognizing citizens is likewise keeping
the people at silent killing field. Many people are living in open
area without any shelter but sometime they were brought to designated
places and taken pictures to show up that they were in safe places,
said an educated person from Maungdaw.
“Of
course Mr Quintana will visit the villages in Arakan to see the
situation but I don’t think the vulnerable Rohingya people will
dare to speak to him. If anyone who speaks the truth will be tortured
upon leaving of Mr Quintana. It is a worry that the government will
make some Rohingya as their puppets and let them meets with Mr
Quintana and will hide the reality and cover up their crimes against
Rohingyas.”
Amnesty
International and many Human Rights Organizations issued the
statements that there are arbitrary arrests, mass killings and
security forces are targeting Rohingya people. The security forces
raid every night the villages in Maungdaw to arrest Rohingya men. The
Rohingya women were raped in absence of men as almost men were not
sleeping at home for the fear of arrest.
Malaysian
government offered aids for displaced people but Burma’s foreign
minister Wunna Maung Lwin rejected it. Human Rights expert Mr Ansar
Burney was rejected the entry visa to Burma. Turkish Red Crescent is
waiting for the response of Thein Sein government to assist the
Rohingya people. Iran government is urging the UN to send
peacekeeping forces to Arakan. Independent media access is still
controlled. Within, this situation, the Rohingya can get their rights
from world community, said an old man from Maungdaw.
Source
KPN
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