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Rakhine terrorists inside Rohingya village during declaring of Act Of Law 144 inside the Sittwe town (Photo by Tim King) KPN News October 15, 2013  Maungdaw, Arakan State:  One minor girl was killed and another boy was seriously wounded by a Rakhine motorcyclist today morning while he was going to Inn Din village from Maungdaw Town, a close relative of the victims said on condition of anonymity for security reason.  “The victims are identifies as—Hamida,10; and Mohamed Siddique,12;daughter and son of Maulana Hamid, hailed from Gawra Khali village under the Police area No. 7 of Police No.4 Battalion Headquarters of Maungdaw Township. The Nasaka Headquarters is renamed recently as the “No.4 Battalion of Police”.   The victims were watching the rice, which was washed by water after keeping it in the sun, beside the road. This rice will be made into powder to make Nanpya (flat bread) in the coming annual Muslim Festival (Qurbani).  The motorcyclist deliberately att

Report by Sindhi Khan  |  Written M.S. Anwar RvisionTV.com October 13, 2013 Maung Daw Clock Tower Junction (Unknown Photo Source) The world witnesses how Myanmar government frequently attempts to forcibly Bengalize Rohingyas in Arakan. Hence, in this regard, authority in Maung Daw District is now taking pre-emptive actions to completely wipe out ‘Rohingya’ identity during 2014 Population Census all over Myanmar. This time, many district-level officers attended the monthly meeting with the village administrators held at the office of Maung Daw Administration at 1:30PM on 3 rd  October 2013. The officers attending the meeting were the head of the Maung Daw District Administration (U Aung Myint Soe), the head of Maung Daw Township Administration (U Kyi Than), the head of Maung Daw District Police (U Shwe Thein), Commissioner of Hlun Hteins (Security Force) [at the former NaSaKa Headquarter in Kyi Kan Pyein (Khawar Bil)], Maung Daw District Legal Advocate and Maung Daw Distric

At Kawng Dok Ka camp near Sittwe, Rohingya mother Amina Katu, 25, cradles her five-day-old baby, who had not yet been given a name. (Photo: Vincenzo Floramo / The Irrawaddy) By ROBIN McDOWELL  Associated Press October 15, 2013 MAUNGDAW, Myanmar (AP) — The 10-year-old struggles up the hill, carrying buckets filled with rocks. Though he tries to keep a brave face in front of his friends, his eyes brim with tears. Every inch of his body aches, he says, and he feels sick and dizzy from the weight. "I hate it," whispers Anwar Sardad. He has to help support his family, but he wishes there was a way other than working for the government construction agency. He adds, "I wouldn't have to live this life if I wasn't a Muslim." The lives of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children like Anwar are growing more hopeless in Myanmar, even as the predominantly Buddhist nation of 60 million wins praise for ending decades of dictatorship. --- ED