An Innocent Rohingya Baby Crashed to Death by Barbaric Myanmar Military

M.S. Anwar | November 8, 2013

Pauktaw, Arakan- On 8th Novermber 2013, Military from the battalion 233 in Pauktaw township crashed a one-year-and-six-month old baby during the hours of barbaric raids in the Camps of Sin-Hten-Maw (Sandama).

Sallam Oic Group, a team of Rohingya activists on the ground, reported the whole account of the tragedy as mentioned below.

Innocent Baby Brutally Crashed to Death by Myanmar Military (Photo: Sallam Oic Group)

“At 10:35AM today (i.e. on 8th November 2013), military from the battalion 233 in Pauktaw township raided Rohingya IDP camps at Sin-Htet-Maw (Sandama), Pauktaw township, and ordered Rohingya IDP to destroy the tents set up by UNHCR. Since the displaced Rohingyas were hesitating to destroy the tents, military went barbaric and destroyed many tents by force.

Innocent Baby Brutally Crashed to Death by Myanmar Military (Photo: Sallam Oic Group)

Meanwhile, the military crashed a one-year-and-six-month-old baby by their boots during the hours of brute and arbitrary use of force. And the baby died instantly. She was “Anwar Begum” daughter of U Khalu and Daw Dildar Begum. When her parents asked the military for the dead body so as to bury it accordingly, military rather harrased the parents and took the body away.”

Since 5th November 2013, Pauktaw twonship administration and military from the battalion 233 have been forcing Rohingya IDP in Sin-Htet-Maw (Sandama) camps, (Pauktaw township) to evacuate the camps and move to the camps built at the village of Nget-Chaung. The reasons why Rohingya IDP in the camps do not want to move to the Nget-Chaung camps were mentioned in the earlier report. (Click to read the report: Forced Displacement of Rohingya IDP in Pauktaw Begins)

Some Tents Set Up UNHCR and Destroyed by Myanmar Military (Photo: Sallam Oic Group)

Update: The dead body of the baby was returned to her parents at 2:00 PM of the day and was buried accordingly. However, not many people were allowed to see her dead body

Amnesty International's T. Kumar to Speak at the Islamic Society of North America's Convention

Amnesty International's T. Kumar to Speak at the Islamic Society of North America's Convention Advocacy Director T. Kumar to Speak on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (Burma) Contact: Carolyn Lang, clang@aiusa.org, 202-675-8759 /EINPresswire.com/ (Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International Advocacy Director T. Kumar will address the Islamic Society of North America's 49th Annual Convention "One Nation Under God: Striving for the Common Good," in regards to the minority community of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (Burma) on Saturday, September 1, at 11:30 am at the Washington DC Convention Center.

Iran Ready to Dispatch Medical Teams to Myanmar

TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Basij Organization of Iran's Medical Society Mohammad Rayeeszadeh voiced the society's readiness to dispatch medics, nurses and relief and rescue forces to help Myanmar's Muslims who are under the daily attacks of the majority in the Southeast Asian country. "The Basij (volunteer) organization of the Medical Society is prepared to dispatch emergency teams of physicians, nurses and rescue workers to Myanmar," Rayeeszadeh told FNA on Saturday.

2,600 tonnes of aid delivered to Myanmar Muslims

Khalifa Foundation has distributed urgent aid totalling 5,200 tonnes Gulf News March 04, 2013 Burma: The Khalifa Bin Zayed Humanitarian Foundation (KZHF) has distributed another 2,600 tonnes of food aid to Myanmar Muslims, completing its third and last phase of the urgent aid totalling 5,200 tonnes of relief items among 850,000 beneficiaries. As per directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the assistance was purchased from the local markets of Myanmar in cooperation and coordination with the Embassy of Kuwait to be shipped by sea to “Rakhine (Arakan)” for distribution among the affectees there.

The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Search This Blog