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By Kaladan Press Maungdaw, Arakan State : Maungdaw Township Administration officer told the village administration officers not to use the word “Rohingya” as their reports and official corresponding to other government offices, said a village administration officer. U Kyi San, The Township administration officer had ordered not to use the word “Rohingy” to the village administration officers who attend the monthly meeting at Township administration office on January 1, 2012.”   

By Kaladan Press 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.

By Kaladan Press The drumming in of a new year is always an occasion for an expression of hope and a time to look back at what has been and could have been. We welcome the arrival of the year 2012 on an optimistic note and look forward to some pleasant days that are becoming a scarcity in our trouble-torn national life. It is also a heartbreaking hope and profound expectations which today form the core of thoughts among individuals across the world.

Teknaf, Bangladesh: The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) pushed back 1768 - Rohingya in 2011. They were arrested from along the Burma-Bangladesh border while entering Bangladesh in illegal way, according to BGB official from Teknaf. 

Maungdaw, Arakan State: Burma’s Engineering army (GE)  destroyed seven-shop, looting goods and battered severely to the Rohingyua shopkeepers in Fokira Bazar, of Maungadaw north on the night of December 29, as New Year greeting to Rohingya community, said a local elder who denied to be named.

( Commentary ) –  The way the political game was played in 2011 will have a huge impact in 2012 Burma politics. 2011 was the year Burma took on a new political shape from dictatorship to quasi-civilian government. Right after the quasi-civilian Burmese government came in to power amid alleged fraud votes, the most powerful military chief, Senior Gen Than Shwe and Vice Senior Gen Maung Aye, were technically retired from their post.