Photo Census – another tactic employed to harass remaining Rohingya in Myanmar

By The Stateless Rohingya

MAUNGDAW: Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) is harassing the remaining Rohingya civilians with extortion and arbitrary arrest under the pretext of photo census across Maungdaw and Buthidaung township since last week.

A team of BGP officers arrived in U Shey Kya (locally known as Bura Shidda Para) of Maungdaw on December 19. The team arrested Movli Zafar Alam (43, son of Molvi Bodiur Rahman) while he was attending the photo shootout for the census at 10AM (GMT +6:30).

Similarly, another Rohingya, Rozi Alam (28, son of Kuilla Miah) from the same village was also detained on December 13 by the same officers.

The BGP team reportedly roams the remaining Rohingya villages in Maungdaw to constantly extort money and harass the villagers.

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