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Hla Win wasn’t able to plant this year Photo: David Swanson/IRIN  IRIN News September 23, 2013  PIKE SAKE, 23 September 2013 (IRIN) - Hla Win, an ethnic Rakhine farmer in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, knows all too well the impact of last year’s  sectarian violence . He used to earn more than US$2,500 a year from his 2.4-hectare paddy field, located in a Muslim village adjacent to his ethnic Rakhine community, Pike Sake, in Myanmar’s Pauktaw Township. He used to hire Muslim day labourers to cultivate his field.  “I won’t earn anything this year,” the 45-year-old father of three told IRIN. “Everything changed overnight. I lost everything.”  His story underscores the broader implications of last year’s deadly  inter-communal violence  between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, particularly in the area of livelihoods, which has been largely off the radar screens of donors.  “People of both communities, living in IDP camps, face difficulties to

Burma Times September 23, 2013 (Burma Times) It is crucial for Bangladesh to focus watchfully the infiltration of Rakhine( Mogh) who are perpetuating several crimes including smuggling  Yaba Tablets. The Rakhine ( Mogh) who only with 2700 peoples residing in Cox’s bazar, a sister community of Rohingya  of Arakan migrated from Arakan in British colonial period whom the Bangladesh, in the year 1990, granted constitutionally as citizen of Bangladesh. The Rakhine ( Mogh), today, are shown more than 200000 populations in Bangladesh un-checked infiltration of BD government in excuse of recognition since 1990 onwards. They are holding dual citizenship, easily enjoying privileges of both side — Arakan and Chittagong — no one, never focused on their movements and activities, freely moving and working here whole Bangladesh like their own ancestor place Arakan. According to reports, during East Pakistan period, after severe persecution perpetrated by the Burmese govt. as many as 4000

KPN News September 23, 2013   Maungdaw, Arakan State :  Burma has deployed three army battalions in Burma- Bangladesh border, according to a local politician from Maungdaw Township. Government officials said that the measures had been taken to beef up security because of political instability in Arakan State. Besides, two police battalions would also be sent later to seal the Burma-Bangladesh border, according to a security officials from Maungdaw. It is done by the government, according to the advice of Arakan conflict commission report, said a local elder from Maungdaw. Director General Major General Aziz Ahmed told that Burma has not done this with any hostile intentions -- rather internal security considerations explained the move. “Burmese police and army are taking guard its border with Bangladesh in the trouble hit Arakan State after authorities disbanded its border force Nasaka (former Burma’s border security force).”  A local villager from Maung