By Aung Aung
The Stateless
18 Rohingya from Minpya and Mrauk
U towns of Arakan were persuaded to go to Yangon by a broker Maung Ni, (35
years of age). As Rohingyas are generally blocked from moving around, leaving
their villages is impossible without the permission of the police. The broker
had a good relationship with the police who had been blocking the Rohingya from
leaving their villages.
On 16 February 2014, 18 Rohingya were transported by the broker
and police by truck. 3 police
accompanied them up to an area of dense forest where they saw another person.
The police handed over those 18 Rohingya to the person standing there. One of the Rohingya asked the person who was
standing there why they could not continue by truck and why they needed to go
on foot. He told them that there was a checkpoint on the highway and that they
needed to pass that. After a few minutes walking, there saw a group of armed
people. The person who was leading them rushed over to the group. That group
started shooting so everyone ran away, according to the testimony of one of the
survivors.
2 survivors reached the next village after 3 days. They told people that they ran into the forest to escape. They said - “We heard some people screaming, we didn't how could we reach here, 3 days, hiding and starving on the way. We can't go to our village, we are hiding in another village, because if police heard about us, they would arrest us. We think all of those who were killed by them”.
The Stateless
2 survivors reached the next village after 3 days. They told people that they ran into the forest to escape. They said - “We heard some people screaming, we didn't how could we reach here, 3 days, hiding and starving on the way. We can't go to our village, we are hiding in another village, because if police heard about us, they would arrest us. We think all of those who were killed by them”.
Those 18 Rohingya are:
1/Nazir Ahmad s/o Mv abdulzalil
18 years from Harapine village Minpya
2/Kararshay, s/o Abdurrahman
17years Harapine village
3/Mg Ba, s/o Abdurrazak 25years
Harapine
4/Abdul Mabud, s/o Dudu Alam,
23years Harapine
5/Zaenal Abiddin, s/o Faza
Rashid, 19years Harapine village
6/-Nezamul Haq, s/o Hamza,
22years Satkya village , Minpya
7/Aliakbar, s/o Md Akbar 25
years, Satkya village
8/Md Nur, s/o Abu Tahir ,30
years, Satkya village
9/Anwar, s/o Nur Hasan 20years
Satkya village
10/Wajib, s/o Abul Hashim
23years, Satkya Minbya
11/Nur Krim, s/o Nur Husan 22
years old,Latta Auk village
12/Mv Md Alam, s/o Kalu 35years
old,Lakma village
13/Dil Md,s/o Lalu 18years old,
Lama village
14/Md Sharif, s/o Md Dulhaq
20years old, Lama village
15/Ahmad, s/o Abdul Hakim 25years
old,Chandaung village Myauk Oo town
16/Larshu, s/o Nur Husan 15years
old, Chandaung village Myauk Oo.
17/Umar Faruq, s/o Abdul Gafur 24
years ,Satkya village Minbya
18/Muhiddin, s/o Zainal Abiddin
25 years Aungdaing village
Out of the 18 Rohingya, only 2
escaped the brutal massacre of 16.2.14.
Rohingya whose movements are
blocked have two options: die while trying to leave or die in their own houses
because of malnutrition, starvation, and lack of medical access.