Maungdaw, Arakan
State: Rohingya fishermen in Maungdaw south have been facing trouble since 1st
December 2013 as they have not being allowed to go to sea for fishing by the
concerned authority, Nuruddin (not real name), a local fisherman from Maungadaw
south said.
“ On December 3,
the police officer of police camp No. 7 held a meeting by calling village Administration Officers and some
fishermen of Aley Than Kyaw and Khonzabill village tracts of Maungdaw south.”
One of the
participants in the meeting said on condition of anonymity that the police
officer told in the meeting that--- any fishing boat is not allowed to go to
the sea for fishing without taking permission from the local concerned
authority. If any fishing boat defies to
the order, it will be fined more than one million Kyats.
Another participant
asked the police officer that what the reason is. Regarding this, the officer
answered that--- ‘it is the order of from higher authority,’ according to a
village Administration officer who denied to be named.
A leader of
fisherman named Dawlu (not real name) told the Kaladan Press Network (KPN), “We
the fishermen are not able to go to sea for fishing because of blocking by the
concerned authority suddenly. So, it is a great effect to our survival
question.”
Earlier, Burma’s
border security force ( Nasaka ) were also harassing and disturbing Rohingya fishermen without giving any reason
in Maungdaw south, the leader of fisherman said.
At present, many
Rohingya people become jobless and struggling for their livelihood and also the
restriction of movement is seriously affecting to the Rohingya people for their
earnings, said a politician from Burma-Bangla border.
It is a
government’s open-secret policy towards Rohingya people to cripple the earning
sources or economics of Rohingya community. A community will be destroyed in
future, whenever; all income sources are banned or stopped, the politician
continued.
The Central government, the state government and
the local authorities are not sincere
about the Rohingya cause and they did not keep
their promise although they met
NGOs and foreign delegations frequently, he said.
Source KPN
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