Police still harass Rohingya in Maungdaw

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Police personnel from Maungdaw police station are still harassing – looting, arbitrary arresting- Rohingya community, according an elder from Maungdaw.

“The Police personnel – Sub Inspector Aye Tun Sein, Sub Inspector Hla thein and Then Htun – are stationed at clock tower and harassing all Rohingya who are passing the clock tower junction.”

The police personnel from clock tower junction looted – money and goldsmith shop voucher- Mohamed Shafi hailed from Pandawpin villager when he went to the goldsmith shop to take the gold ornament today, said a trader from Maungdaw.

“The police personnel went to Ward number 2, Fayazi para and arrested Moulana Assad Ullah from his house and forcefully toke Kyat 500,000 and released on August 3.”

Similarly, Hla Myintand its surveillance team arrested Moulana Iddris and other two young Rohingyas from Fayazi para of Ward number 2 and sent then to the Police custody of Maungdaw police station on August 4, said a villager from Clock tower junction.

Source KPN

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