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Report by Sindhi Khan | Written by M.S. Anwar September 28, 2013 | Maung Daw, Arakan RvisionTV.com M any  Rohingyas were severely beaten  up  and tortured by the tactical operation commander at the military regiment in Taung Phyo sub-township, northern Maung Daw for speaking to some  international  observers. “Jafar Alam S/o Shomsul Hoque (Age 45), Rahimullah S/o Karimullah (Age 38) and Ayub S/o Ali Chand are local residents of the village of Ye Aung Chaung of Mi-Htaike village tract, Taung-Pyo sub-township, northern Maung Daw. On 18 th Septemeber 2013, the former two Rohingyas visited the latter’s home and were having some discussions. And it was at around 1:30PM of the day. Meanwhile, Military and Security Force raided the house of the above-mentioned Ayub (who is a 100-household leader) under the banner of Guest-Check operation. They arrested and detained the three Rohingyas respectively for visiting and hosting without the permission of the village administrator. Afterwa

By KPN News September 28, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Maungdaw authority –Immigration department- is going to enlist the Rakhine Buddhist from Bangladesh who were settled in Maungdaw since September 23, according to an officer who deny his name. The project was started after Chief Minister held meeting with Maungdaw officials while he visited Maungdaw on 22 September, the officer said. The Immigration officer are collecting the family list and photograph to all the new settlers who had come from Bangladesh- Bangladeshi Rakhine. The government will give them the IDs card and will issue new family registration card which mean they are from Burma and staying in the Maungdaw and Buthidaung, the officer more added. The new settlers are welcome by Burmese authority and Arakan State government, Rakhine politicial party and local Rakhine. The Bangladeshi Rakhine who were living in the Chittagong hill tract where they works hard for their survival. When Rakhine political party

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday there's much to be done to ensure accountability for the perpetrators of crimes against Muslim Rohingyas in Burma. (Reuters) Associated Press 27 September 2013 A group of Western and Asian governments are lauding Burma’s progress toward democracy but warning outbreaks of communal violence could undermine the reforms. Foreign ministers meeting Thursday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly said in a statement that Burma urgently needs to address the political and economic grievances of the Rohingyas, including the question of their citizenship. The Rohingyas are a minority Muslim group that has suffered badly in sectarian clashes over the past year with majority Buddhists. Oftentimes, security forces have stood by. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said there’s much to be done to ensure accountability for the perpetrators. In a sign of the shifting international attitudes toward Burma, the former pari