The Stateless Rohingya Blog

Forced Labour against Rohingyas have been started by NaSaKa (now disbanded border security force) (as seen in the picture) and military. Now, it has been inherited by NaSaKa inheritors, Hlun Hteins (Security Force). (Photo: Stateless.com) By  HD MYARF rvisiontv.com April 19, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan-  Security Force at Camp no. 12 in the village of Thu Oo Hla (Koolar bil), northern Maungdaw, are subjecting Rohingyas, irrespective to minors or adults, as forced labours under harsh conditions for more than 12 hours a day. “There is a HlunHtein (Security Force) Camp at the village of Thu Oo Hla (Koolar Bil) in Northern Maungdaw. The number of the camp is 12 and it is under HlunHtein (formerly NaSaKa Commandment) Region 5. It is headed by Captain Maung Tun. On 17 th  April 2014, he started brutal way of subjecting Rohingya passers-by as forced labours in the camp. He stops every Rohingya passer-by, regardless of minor or adult, tortures him and forces him to work in t...

KPN News July 9, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State: The Burma border security force (Nasaka) and army have been taking forced labor from Rohingya community to cultivate paddy for Natala (model) villagers in Maungdaw township recently, according to a village elder preferring not to be named. Natala villagers are new Buddhist settlers in northern Arakan who were brought from Burma proper and also from Bangladesh. They have been settled in Rohingya lands – confiscated lands from Rohingya community- and also provided lands. “Nasaka and army ordered to the Rohingya villagers of Maungdaw south for tilling the arable lands which were given Natala villagers on July 6 and the villagers do not comply with the order.” However, the next day, on July 7, a group of army and Nasaka personnel went to the Khonza Bill and Sommona villages of Maungdaw south and forced Rohingya villagers for tilling paddy fields with their own cows, said a farmer from the village. “We worked whole...

Rohingya subjected to abuse, forced labour, harassment, rape,& Human rights abuses against the Rohingya Community (photo thestateless.com 2011  Maungdaw, Arakan State: The systemic and discriminatory practice of forced labor against the Rohingya community has been resumed recently in Maungdaw south, Arakan State, said a local elder on condition of anonymity. “Burmese concerned authorities —army and Nasaka (Burma border security force) resume forced labor as usual, in Maungdaw Township.” According to sources, Nasaka personnel of Nasaka area No. 7 have been using forced labor from Rohingya people for repairing  roads for three days which were damaged by heavy rain recently. Nasaka personnel arrested Rohingya villagers from the road and villages where they met for forced labor, sources said. A villager said on condition of anonymity, “10 villagers including me are arrested from the Khonza Bill village and from the roadside by the Nasaka personnel on July...

Still from video shows Rohingya being forced to work on the Bangladesh-Burma border fence in 2010 (The Arakan Project) On 8th Dec 2012, Nasakas from sentry camp of Kyar Gaung Taung village tract are renovating a road between Yekey Chaung Kwarsone and Kyar Gaung Taung using Rohingyas, force labours including 32 under 18 year old boys from Kyaw Gaung Taung.