Group of Rohingya men
in the camp near Myebon gather to leave the camp under armed military escort to
collect firewood outside the camp. Photo Credit: Christophe Reltien
Maungdaw, Arakan
State: Burma’s border security force (Nasaka) arrested four Rohingya villagers
on March 14, with so called arrest warrant for setting on fire Rakhine’s houses – false allegation to extort money - in Maungdaw south during June, 2012, according to a villager on
condition of anonymity.
“A group of Nasaka
personnel from Nasaka out-post of Khonza Bill, under the Nasaka area number 7,
went to the Khonza Bill village tract and arrested them while they were
sleeping in their houses at night that day.”
The arrested have
been identified as Abdu Rahaman (26), son of Fazal Ahamed, Azizur Rahaman (13),
son of Habib Ullah, Md. Yahaya (14), son of Salim Ullah and Fondit alias (39),
son of Nukmal Hakim, hailed from Khonza Bill village tract of Aley Than Kyaw
under the Maungdaw township.
After arrest, they
were brought to the Khoza Bill Nasaka out-post and severely beaten up in
custody, according to a relative of them. “However, they were released after
paying money by Nasaka personnel on March 16”.
Sources said that
Nasaka personnel frequently go to said village and arrested Rohinyga villagers
over the false and fabricationted allegations. So, the villagers are not able
to sleep at homes for fear of arrest by Nasaka personnel.
Many Rohingya
villagers of Khonza Bill had been arrested and extorted huge money by Nasaka
personnel of Nasaka area number 7 since February 2013.
In really, the
Rakhine villagers burned down the Rohingya villagers’ houses, but accused the
Rohingya villagers. They also tortured, detained and extorted money with false
and fabricated allegations, said a local elder.
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