Numbers of Rohingyas Beaten Up in ShweZa Yesterday

M.S. Anwar
RB News
September 25, 2012

Numbers of Rohingyas Beaten Up in ShweZa Yesterday 

ShweZa, Maung Daw- about 30 Rohingya shopkeepers were severely beaten up and tortured at Zaydi Pyin in the village of ShweZa around 1 AM, 24th September 2012, by NaSaKa (Border Security Guards) in the region. Later, NasaKa extorted money amounting Kyat 10000 from each Rohingya shopkeepers and released them. 

“While Rohingya shopkeepers were sleeping in their shops as a means of guarding their shops from thieves and robbers, NaSaKa from the nearby station and raided all shops in Zaydi Pyin village around 1 AM. Then, NaSaKa dragged the shopkeepers out of their shops, while some shopkeepers managed to escape. Subsequently, NaSaKa severely beat and tortured them to their satisfactions. Later, NasaKa released them by extorting money amounting ten thousands kyats from each Rohingya shopkeepers” said a local Rohingya on the condition of anonymity. 

Since the violence against Rohingyas started in June, many Rohingyas cannot sleep in their homes in the fear of being arrested and persecuted. They sleep wherever possible. Those who have shops sleep in their shops so as to avoid arbitrary arrests and also to guard their shops from being robbed and stolen. 

Two Rohingyas Killed in AlayThan Kyaw 

AlayThan Kyaw, Maung Daw- Two Rohingya men, Hamidullah Son of Gula Ahmed and Jashimuddin Son of Hussein Ahmed, were killed by Military together with Rakhines at Hojjar Bil @ Kanpu Village of AlayThan Kyaw in the evening of 19th September 2012 while they were working in their farms. Rakhines who killed these two Rohingyas are from Mrawaddy village of Southern Maung Daw. 

“They were working on their paddy firms in the evening of 19th September 2012. Meanwhile, around 10 military and a few Rakhines from nearby Mrawaddy village came to their firms and killed them. Then, they threw their dead bodies by the farms and went back” A. Faiz from Southern Maung Daw reported. 

Later, the villagers reported about the killings to the NaSaKa office and to the Sarapha (State Security Affairs) office in AlayThan Kyaw. It was ignored and no actions were taken. 

Religious Persecutions Continue 

Arakan, Burma - Since the beginning of the violence against Rohingyas, the authority declared curfew order which prevents Rohingyas from performing their daily prayers in the Mosques. Almost all the mosques have been locked down since then. According to Rohingyas, there have still been no Azaan, no five times prayers and Friday prayers. Most of their religious leaders were arrested, locked up, are tortured and charged with pre-planned false cases. The declared curfew order is infinitely in effect upon Rohingyas not known when it will end. Yet, Burmese regime is blatantly lying that Rohingyas are not religiously persecuted and hence it is not a religious violence. Above all, if it is not a religious violence, then what is it?