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Burma Times September 30, 2013 BurmaTimes – Ibrahim Shah- Around twelve o’clock at midday on 29th September, a motorcycle owned by one Buddhist youth Maung Naing Oo was placed in front of a shop owned by the Chairman of Kaman Muslim party in Thandwe. The Buddhist youths started to argue harshly when the shopkeeper  requested  them to remove and place the vehicle some ahead from the shop since the vehicle closed the entrance of the shop. On the double, the Buddhist  youth  diffused the entire town that the Kaman Muslim Party Chairman insulted Buddhism. The main reason of diffusion of such aggressive news is because the extremists of RNDP and the 969 Campaign have been seeking chances to attack the Kaman Muslims since long time. While about 200 extremists are attempting to assault surrounded the house of U Kyaw Zan Hla, the police came and the mob was segregated and arrested him. Amid the investigation in custody, more than 80 extremists surrounded t...

KPN News September 30, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Hluntin from Kyikanpin Headquarters harassed the villagers without finding any fault or crimes or against any activity against the government. Their only crime is, they are Muslims, said a local political leader preferring not to be named. “On September 21, Hluntin sergeant U Zaw Naing accompanied by three other Hluntins went to Maung Nama south village of Maungdaw north  without uniforms and guns in the morning. At that time, one villager named Mohamed Zuhar ,23; son of Habi Ullah was washing some betel leaves nearby a stream. He is a shopkeeper.” The group of Hluntin approached him, arrested him and severely tortured on the road in front of the villagers without any provoking them. Afterwards, he was brought to the Hluntn headquarters by their motor cycle. However, on the way to headquarters, he ran away from the Hluntin. So, the sergeant asked the Maung Nama village tract second Admin (Village watcher) ...

Reuters September 29, 2013   YANGON: Terrified Muslims hid in their homes in northwest Myanmar on Monday after armed police dispersed a Buddhist mob that torched houses and surrounded a mosque in the latest outbreak of sectarian tension. Clashes between majority Buddhists and Muslims have killed at least 237 people and left more than 150,000 homeless since June 2012. The violence threatens to undermine political and economic reforms launched in the two years since a quasi-civilian government replaced a military junta. The situation in the town of Thandwe was precarious after police restored order by firing shots in the air to break up the mob late on Sunday, said two security sources, who sought anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media. Thandwe, 260 kilometres from the capital Yangon, is in Rakhine state, the worst-hit region. As in several previous bouts of communal unrest, a minor disagreement triggered an outpouring of anger, a local Muslim ...

KPN News September 29, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State: Maungdaw district authority announced today to support and participate in the culture and dance competition which will hold in Thiremangala hall of Maungdaw on October 1-3, 2013, according toan officer from Maungdaw.  The competition will hold under Maungdaw district – Maungdaw and Buthidaung – and the Maungdaw officials are organizing to support and participate in the culture and dance show of Maungdaw group. The officials are announcing around the town with car and through the village admin offices in rural areas, the officer said. But, Arakan State Chief Minister Hla Maung Tin said on September 22 at meeting with Maungdaw Rohingya community that there are emergency Act 144 is still impose, so no more than five persons are not allow to gather and no religious institutions will open till emergency Act 144 is imposed. How the Maungdaw authority are organizing to support and participate the culture and dance show in...

M.S. Anwar and Aung Aung (@aungaungsittwe) RvisionTV.com Septemeber 29, 2013 Tha n dwe, Arakan :  On 29 th  September 2013 evening, a Muslim House in Thandwe Township have been burnt down by Rakhine terrorists. Another houses is still on fire, while a mosque is also said to have been set ablaze. “Yesterday (on 28 th  September 2013) morning, a 969-inspired-Rakhine extremist parked his lorry in front of the shop of U Kyaw Zan Hla at the Municipal Market in the downtown of Thandwe. Since the vehicle was causing hassles to the customers coming to the shop, U Kyaw Zan Hla asked the Rakhine man to drive the lorry away. So, just for that, the Rakhine man started scolding and abusing U Kyaw Zan Hla instead of driving the lorry away. U Kyaw Zan Hla also scolded the Rakhine man back. Afterwards, the Rakhine extremist went to the police station to lodge a complaint against U Kyaw Zan Hla alleging that U Kyaw Zan Hla burnt down Sarsana (religious) flag and also abused 96...

Photo: Rohingya Village KPN News September 29, 2013   Maungdaw, Arakan State: Five brothers of a family have been arrested by police of Kayin Chaung police out-post on September 11, of them one was killed in police custody, said a closerelative of the victims.  “The arrested brothers had been identified as-----Shom Moluk,44; Noor Hashim,42; Mohamed Hashim,35; Mohamed Amin and Mohamed Salim,27.  All are sons of Abu Taher, hailed from Oo Shaikya (Borashidar Para) village of Maungdaw Township.”  Regarding the matter, on September 10, at about 1: 00 am, a house of one Iqbal,52; hailed from Ngan Chaung, area No.5 of Maungdaw north was robbed by a group of Rakhine armed group. They took away cash and gold ornaments from the house. So the house owner Iqbal went to nearby police station and logged a file about the robbery, the relative more added. As a result, the police arrested the said five brothers on suspicion of that they had involved in th...

Reports by Aung Aung (@aungaungsittwe) and Saman Leesanee Compiled by M.S. Anwar RvisionTV.com  | September 29, 2013 Ming-Byaa Township, Arakan State : 27th September, 2013 1)  Around 2PM on 27th Septemeber 2013, two Myanmar  military   raped a 18-year-old Rohingya girl named Zaitun Bahar @Gulubi daughter of Habibullah at the village of Sangyi Pyin in Min-Byaa Township, Arakan state. 2)  Around 3PM of the day, the same Myanmar  military  personnel arrested innocent Rohingya named Ba Kyaw @Ahmed Sayed S/o Mohammed Amin (Age 27) from the same village. 3)  At 3:30PM,  Military  called up the girl’s parents to their camp and forced them to say that Ba Kyaw had raped their daughter. The military officer tortured Ba Kyaw and forced his family to pay a ramsom amount, Kyat 800,000, to let him be released. However, despite the extortion of humungous amount of money, the military have not freed Ba Kyaw yet. Then, the mil...