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By MYARF & Rohingya Eye ׀  RvisionTV October 25, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan State : Myanmar’s Border Guard Police brutally beat up and killed a Rohingya Religious Scholar in northern Maungdaw Township on Thursday night, according to a reliable source in the region. The victim is identified to be the 40-year-old Mv Hussein Ahmed (son of) Zahir Ahmed hails from the western hamlet of Kyi Kan Pyin (also called Khawar Bil) village, northern Maungdaw. “The Myanmar Border Guard Police known as BGP frequently raids and besiege Rohingya villages. They arrest random people under false and arbitrary accusation of having links with *RSO. Then, they torture and kill the people in the detentions. They commit extrajudicial killings with impunity. Mv Hussein hails from Kyi Kan Pyin village was on a visit to his sister’s home in Kyauk Pyin Seik (also known as Naari Bil) in northern Maungdaw on October 23. Unfortunately, the BGP and around 30 Rakhine extremists raided the villag...

By MYARF Rvisiontv.com October 16, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Myanmar’s tyrannical Border Guard Police (BGP) has been arbitrarily arresting and detaining innocent Rohingya people all over Maungdaw Township since late September, the local Rohingyas report. The police raid Rohingya villages and vandalize and ransack their homes. Besides, they harass Rohingya women and beat and torture Rohingya men passing by different police-check posts located at every-three-mile on high ways. Most of the arrests of the innocent people have been being made under the false allegation of having links with *RSO in Bangladesh.   Myanmar's Border Guard Police Raid and Vandalize Rohingya at Any Gven Time (Photo: MFQ/ Rohingya Vision) “BGP arrested a 16-year-old Rohingya teenager, Sadek Hussain (son of) Aamir Hamza, in Ngakura (also called Nagpura) village around 11AM last Monday. He was (falsely) accused of using Bangla SIM Card and having links with RSO. He was severely...

By MYARF  Rvision TV August 28, 2014 Buthidaung, Arakan State: The Myanmar Military arbitrarily arrested and severely tortured an innocent Rohingya at Paya-pyin-aung-pyaa’ village in Buthidaung Township for Ransom, say the reliable sources.Buthidaung The military arrested the Rohingya man last Friday night upon a false complaint against him by the village administrator who is Rakhine extremist named Maung Chan Thar. “Noor Ali (son of) U Islam (of age 25) is a local of Paya-pyin-aung-pyaa village in Buthidaung Township. The village administrator, Maung Chan Thar, arbitrarily accused Noor Ali of abusing him (the administrator) on August 22. Then, he beat him up. Even yet, on August 24, the village administrator complaint to the military of Battalion 263 (based in Nyaung Chaung village) that Noor Ali had abused him. Around 10:00PM of the same day, the military raided Noor Ali’s house and arrested him. He was detained and severely in the military detention. Then, the milit...

By Rohingya Eye & MYARF Rvision TV July 17, 2014  Maungdaw, Arakan State: A Rohingya has been killed by unknown assailants in northern Maungdaw and Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) has gone rampant to arrest innocent Rohingya in the region, whereas the BGP has arrested two innocent Rohingya in two separate incidents in the same region, according to reliable sources. BGP Headquarter in Taung Pyo Sub-Township, Northern Maungdaw “Junaid (son of) Noor Bashar, 28-year-old Rohingya hails from Quarter 2 of Taung Pyo sub-township team in northern Maungdaw, set off for fishing to river on June 30. Since then, he had not come back home. On June 6, however, his dead body without several injuries and bruises was found on a river bank. We feel some Rakhine extremists operating in the nearby forests have killed him. Therefore, his villagers informed the authority and requested for the dead body for the burial. After being requested several times, the authority allowed...

By MYARF & RS  Rvisiontv.com June 9, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan: On June 8, 2014, Maungdaw Township Administration announced that Curfew Order under Section 144 extended once more for two months. Therefore, the curfew order from 11PM to 4AM will be in effect in Maungdaw Township until August 8, 2014 The curfew order was first imposed on June 8, 2012, a day when violence against Rohingyas took full-fledged form starting in Maungdaw. However, the curfew order has never prevented Rakhine extremists from roaming free to cause destructions to Rohingya communities in the region. Many Rakhines together with Police and Security Force (Hlunhtein) have torched Rohingya homes and robbed their shops during the curfew period. On the other hand, when authorities find Rohingya people outside their homes even before the time of the curfew period, they (authorities) beat them up, they (authorities) arrest them, they (authorities) extort money from them, and they (authorities) imp...

Myanmar Border Guard Police along Myanmar-Bangladesh Border By MYARF Rvision TV June 2, 2014 Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) or Security Police Force in different township in Arakan state have recently started to commit atrocities Rohingyas in order to extort money from them. The BGP has been going rampant for weeks and arresting people under arbitrary accusations. Following cases have taken place recently. …………………………………………………………………………. Case #1: Border Guard Police Arbitrarily Arrested Young Rohingya Boy in southern Maungdaw for Money There is a Border Guard Police (BGP) station based at Ye-bun-pying (Boddil) Village of Padin village tract in southern Maungdaw. Around 10PM on 30th May 2014, Ten Police Personnel from the station arrested ‘Rahimullah (son of) Shomshu (of Age 23) from his house at the village of Kayintan (Gojjon Dia) of Padin village tract. When other people in the village came out of their homes to ask why he was arrested, the Police shot warning-shots...

Myanmar Police in Maungdaw District, composed of mainly Rakhine extremists, have been exploiting all means possible to persecute helpless Rohingyas. By MYARF RvisionTV May 14, 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan state- Rohingya passers-by are daily harassed and looted by Rakhine Police stationed at the monastery in a Rakhine village under Tharay Kunbaung (Sair Kunbaw) tract, southern Maungdaw. “Hefzur Rahman is a local of Quarter 2, Maungdaw, and sole trader of live-stocks such as chicken in the township. While on his way back to his village with the chickens he had bought in Maungdaw south, around 12:30PM on 12th May 2014, he was stopped by Police stationed at Monastery in Rakhine village of Tharay Kunbaung village tract. They charged him Kyat 1,000 as usual for going through the Police’s check-post. And they grabbed Kyat 3,000 more asking who gave him permission to trade chickens” said a witness of the incident. “These Police Officers always harass Rohingya passers-by. T...

By MYARF RvisionTV May 01, 2014 1-     Rohingyas Facing Hardship in Lives Due to Threats by Authority Many poor Rohingya people in the village of Kyein Chaung (Bawli Bazaar), northern Maungdaw, lead their livelihoods by gathering wood and firewood from nearby forests and selling them in local markets. Therefore, they need to pay money to forestry department for access permits to the forests. On 28th April 2014, SaRaPha (Military Security and Intelligence), Police, Security Force (Hlun Htein) and SB (Special Branch Police) issued a combined declaration that Rohingya wood-gatherers have to pay Kyat 50,000 to the said authority. Else, they threatened to arrest the Rohingya people. The wood-gatherers had to stop their work as they are unable to pay Kyat 250,000 to different departments of Maungdaw authority.  They are facing troubles to lead their livelihoods. …………………………………………………………………… 2-     Rakhine Extremists Stole Four Goats Belong to ...

Rohingya IDP at makeshift tents in Sittwe (Akyab), Myanmar. The Ethnic Minority have been victims of institutionalized persecution and state-sponsored genocide. (Photo: VOA) Compiled by M.S. Anwar  Rvision TV April 26, 2014  1-     Confinements of Rohingyas in Rathedaung Township Rohingyas in Rathedaung Township are facing severe crises for their survival due to confinements and travel restrictions by authority. They are unable to travel to markets in the downtown of Rathedaung to buy foods, medicines and other necessary stuffs. Thus, on 23 rd  April 2014, some Rohingyas from the village of Aaga-Taung in Rathedaung were travelling to the bazaar of Nyaung Village of Buthidaung Township by an engine boat. However, Security Force at the village didn’t allow them to step on the land and forced them to go back.  (Report by CR MYARF) ………………………………………………………… 2-     Money Extortion from Rohingyas by the Administr...

Buthidaung  Photo by HK.Arkani       By HD MYARF RvisionTV April 25, 2014 Buthidaung, Arakan state - A Rakhine administrator of a Rohingya village called Pha-yung-Chaung in Buthidaung Township supported by Police Chief Myay Htwe is abusing his authority and arbitrarily extorting money from Rohingyas in the village. “There is a Rohingya village called Pha-yung-chaung in Buthidaung Township, Arakan state. Administrator of the village is a Rakhine (Magh) extremist named Maung Than Htay. He arbitrarily squeezes money from Rohingyas of the village allegedly abiding by an instruction by Police Chief of Buthidaung, Myat Htway. He frequently uses his puppet, Salim (son of) Iman Hussein, to collect the money. Fearing the persecution by the police officer, Rohingyas have to pay the administrator the money he demands” “Till date, the administrator has extorted money from the following people on the dates mentioned. 1)   ...

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...

HD MYARF April 11, 2014 rvisiontv.com Maungdaw, Arakan - Daw Than Than, wife of a Rakhine police officer in Kyeing Chaung of norrthern Maungdaw, is building properties by intruding into mosque premise. “Daw Than Than (Age 30), wife of Police Officer U Soe Chay, has been running a small shop attached to the premise of the Masjid (Mosque) of north hamlet of the village of Kyein Chaung (Bawli Bazaar), northern Maungdaw, and beside to the road of the village since 2011. Now, she has been extending the shop structure so as to make it into a shop cum house. Hence, she is now intruding into the premise of the mosque and building the house on it. Although mosque committee and the villagers complained against the intrusion to the concerned Police station and the village administration, none has taken action against it. She has been continuing to bulid the house for four days now” said a worried villager. “Hence, we request concerned authority to prevent this or anyone who’s...

By HD MYARF April 11, 2014 rvisiontv.com Rakhine Terrorists in Action. Arakan Liberation Army runs its operation from Bandorbon of Bangladesh and some camps based in Indian territory. (Photo: parisvisionnews.com) Buthidaung, Arakan - Rakhine (Magh) terrorists have posed an open threat against the Rohingya people living in the village of Payin Latt (Fouy Mali) on 8th April 2014. “On 8th April 2014 night, Rakhine terrorists attached a threat letter on the wall of the Jameh Masjid (Mosque) of the village of Payin Latt (Fouy Mali) in Buthidaung. The threat letter reads ‘we will soon set this mosque on fire. If any of you tries to stop us, we will destroy and burn down your entire village’” said a local of the village. Local Rohingyas are extremely worried because of this open threat and any possible arson attacks on them. “Some people witnessed that more than one hundred armed Rakhine (Magh) terrorists arrived at the village of Paya Pyin Aung Pa (Natala Rakhine) ...

HD MYARF Tuesday, April 8, 2014 rvisiontv.com Buthidaung, Arakan- Myanmar Military gang-raped Rohingya woman at Paya-Pyin-Aung-Pa monastery of Nyaung Chaung village tract of Buthidaung township on 6th April 2014. Locals say the woman is still in critical condition. “Around 1PM on 6th April 2014, Military staying temporarily at Buddhist monstery in the village of Paya-Pyin-Aung-Pa, Buthidaung township, arrested a Rohingya woman called Gul Bahar (Age 40) hailing from the said village. She was forcibly taken to the monastery. There, they tight her hands and legs. Then, they raped her one after another until the midnight. Around 3:30AM, having extorted Kyat 200,000 (from her husand via a middle-man), the military handed her over to a 10-household-head of the village. She is still in critical condition” said a local of the village. “She was arrested and gang-raped because her husband, U Iliyaz, went into hiding. They came to arrest her husband just because on 4th April ...

MYARF Report 28 th  March 2014 rvisiontv.com Northern Maungdaw, Arakan - Local Rohingyas in northern Maungdaw confirm that many Bengali Rakhines (Maghs) with lethal weapons have crossed the Bangladesh-Myanmar border and sneaked into Maungdaw. They are now staying in Rakhine villages and No. 10 Regional Security Camps in northern Maungdaw. “Around 11:30PM yesterday (i.e. on 27 th  March 2014), the No.10 Security Force camp [(at the village of Zeebyin Chaung (Ziyaung Khali)] of Taung-Byo sub-township) ordered approximately one hundred Rohingya villagers of Kuwar Bil village to stop being sentinels to their village. Some of them were keeping their eyes on any Rakhine extremists intruding into their village to attack their people and others were giving security within their village. The Security Force asked the villagers to stop giving security to their village and go to their respective homes immediately. When they hesitated to stop doing sentry duty and leave for thei...

MYARF Report | Written by M.S. Anwar 26th March 2014 Rvisiontv.com (Scroll down for updates and pictures) Northern Maungdaw, Arakan- Around 3AM on 26th March 2014, Rohingya shops at the market of village of Dudan (Ludain), northern Maungdaw, were set ablaze apparently by two unidentified Rakhine extremists. It has been reported that seven shops have burnt to ashes to till date. Many other shops have also been partially destroyed. “Local Rohingyas spotted two stranger Rakhines nearby the market of Ludain just before the curfew time on 25th March 2014 night. And the Rohingya shops caught fire around 3AM of the same night (i.e. 26th March 2014 morning). There were around 40 shops at the market. Of them, seven shops got burnt to ashes. Many other shops were partially burnt. Some Rohingyas were able to save some shop-stuffs” said a local of the village. “No Rohingya is allowed to go out of his/her home during the curfew time at night. But Rakhines can roam anywhere at t...

MYARF Report | Written by M.S. Anwar Rvisiontv.com 23rd March 2014 Maungdaw, Arakan- A video shooting of a fake violence incidence involving Rakhine Extremists and the Security Force (HlunHtein) took place in Maungdaw around 8:30AM on 22nd March 2013. Local Rohingyas suspect that the video shooting was meant to cover up any possible fortcoming violence against them around the time of the population census and to subsequently deceive the international community. “Around 8:30AM on 22nd March 2013, a video shooting by the Maungdaw authority took place at the road junction to the north-east of Maungdaw Football Stadium. Around 300 Rakhine extremists armed with swords, daggers, sticks and stones gathered at the place. Standing opposite to the extremists were Security Force (HlunHtein) in their standby position. Every time Rakhine extremists made a run towards the security force (pretending as though they were attacking the Security Force), they (the security force) gave war...

MYARF Report | Written by M.S. Anwar March 18, 2014 Rvisiontv.com Buthidaung, Arakan- A Buddhist monastery at the village of Guta Pyin (Godam Fara) in Buthidaung Township caught fire around 10AM on 16th March 2014. Monks at the monastery shouted out for help and local Rohingyas came to extinguish the fire. “It was around 10AM on 16th March 2014 that some structures of the monastery at Guta Pyin (Godam Fara) caught fire. Monks shouted out for help. There was scarcely any Rakhine to help them. Hence, Rohingyas from the nearby areas came out and extinguished the fire together with the monks (who had only been throwing soil at the fire before the arrival of the Rohingyas) before it caught the main monastery building. The reason behind the fire on the monastery was apparently from the remnants of the burning wood at the nearby forest” said a local of the Guta Pyin. “No one has been arrested in relation to the cause of the fire. But as usual, some Rakhine extremists ar...

MYARF Report | Written by M.S. Anwar 3rd February 2014 Rvisiontv.com Maungdaw, Arakan: Police at the HinThaRa (Hossara) Bridge Checkpost of Zawmadat (Lambaaguna) village tract, southern Maungdaw, raped two Rohingya minor girls at their gun-points around 3PM on 28th January 2014. Both girls are from the village of HinThaRa of Zawmadat village tract. “Around 3PM on 28th January 2014, two girls from the village of Hossara (HinThaRa) went to their farmlands to pluck vegetables. Their farmlands are not so far from the police checkpost of Hossara Bridge. A few Policemen went there and raped the two girls at their gun-points. The particulars of the girls are: 1) T*s**n (daughter of) Y*s*n (Age 16) (the detailed form of the name is witheld for privacy’s sake.) 2) S*f**r* (daughter of) Y*n*s* (Age 15) (the detailed form of the name is witheld for privacy’s sake.)” said a local elder from a nearby village. Rapes of girls/women of Rohingya and other minorities by Mya...