Rohingya Vehicle attacked ,Looting, Torture and Robbery
(1)A Rohingya Vehicle attacked in Maungdaw South
- On 30th September, 2012, at 2:35pm, a Rohingya owned vehicle was attacked by a mob comprising of two military, 4 Nasaka and about 20 Bengali Rakhines in Kine Gyi hamlet (near Du-Thanda), Du Chi Ra Tan village tract, Maungdaw south. The car was leading to Maungdaw downtown from a trip from Inn Din that was paid on one day before. The car owner is Sayedul Amin from Ward-5, Maungdaw and the car Registered No. 1 Ka/441. There were 18 passengers, some of whom are from Inn Din area and some are from Maungdaw downtown, who do mini-business. On the way, another car (Nissan Hilux) being used by the said mob forcibly made the car stopped and all the passengers including the driver and spare were ordered to take off from the car. And all the victims were ordered to load on the mob’s car and drove to a Buddish temple in Kine Gyi. All the victims were inhumanly tortured and all the properties, goods and cash money that they had were looted by the mob and set them out. The panes of the aforementioned car were seriously demolished with the handle of the gun and some iron sticks. The victims were tortured so seriously that some of them cannot walk or speak properly till today. The estimated amount of cash money is over 2 million Kyats and the amount of goods and properties are unknown. This information was collected from the interview with the driver, Fozol Ahmed @ Halaya, son of Eliyas (55 years) from Ka Nyin Tan (Myoma), Maungdaw.
- (2)Looting, Torture and Robbery
- On 30th September, 2012, at 2:35pm, a Rohingya owned vehicle was attacked by a mob comprising of two military, 4 Nasaka and about 20 Bengali Rakhines in Kine Gyi hamlet (near Du-Thanda), Du Chi Ra Tan village tract, Maungdaw south. The car was leading to Maungdaw downtown from a trip from Inn Din that was paid on one day before. The car owner is Sayedul Amin from Ward-5, Maungdaw and the car Registered No. 1 Ka/441. There were 18 passengers, some of whom are from Inn Din area and some are from Maungdaw downtown, who do mini-business. On the way, another car (Nissan Hilux) being used by the said mob forcibly made the car stopped and all the passengers including the driver and spare were ordered to take off from the car. And all the victims were ordered to load on the mob’s car and drove to a Buddish temple in Kine Gyi. All the victims were inhumanly tortured and all the properties, goods and cash money that they had were looted by the mob and set them out. The panes of the aforementioned car were seriously demolished with the handle of the gun and some iron sticks. The victims were tortured so seriously that some of them cannot walk or speak properly till today. The estimated amount of cash money is over 2 million Kyats and the amount of goods and properties are unknown. This information was collected from the interview with the driver, Fozol Ahmed @ Halaya, son of Eliyas (55 years) from Ka Nyin Tan (Myoma), Maungdaw.
- (2)Looting, Torture and Robbery
- On 30th September, 2012, a mob consisting of 3 military, 2 Nasaka and over 10 Bengali Rakhines (Magh) raided Du-Thanda village, Maungdaw south, at 5:00pm and entered 14 houses and seriously beat Rohingya men and women found in the houses. The identified victims are:
1. Daw Shomjidah (F) U Nawzu Mia
2. Daw Fayruzah (F) U Nawzirr Ahmed
3. Daw Lyla (F) U Husson Ahmed
4. Daw Ohnmar Kulsum (F) U Abdu Karim
5. Daw Baidu (F) U Sultan
6. Daw Umbiyah Khatu (F) U Nawbi Hussain (she has delivered a baby only four days ago)
7. Daw Noor Harbar (F) U Fozol Karim
8. Daw Shaha Zhan (F) U Aman Ullah
9. Daw Hasina (F) Mv. U Abdu Karim
10. Daw Fatima (F) U Lalu
11. Daw Mabuba Begum (F) U Nawbi Husson
12. Daw Zahidah Begum (F) U Robiul Hasson
13. Daw Khawtizah (F) U Abdullah
14. Daw Shuna Mayrr (F) ?
The abovementioned mob had also taken away 23 cows and robbed 9 lakhs of cash money. The cow owners are identified as:
1. U Fozol Ahmed (F) U Sayed Ahmed (2) cows
2. U Shukkurr Ahmed (F) U Abul Kasim (1) cow
3. U Shakayr (F) U Ola Mia (8) cows
4. U Nawbi Husson (F) U Sulay (2) cows
5. U Aman Ullah (F) U Nawzir Ahmed (3) cows
6. Daw Zulay Kha (F) U Sultan (1) cow
7. U Aman Ullah (F) U Shuna Ali (3) cows
8. U Abdullah (F) U Abdul Hakim (2) cows
9. U Hamid (F) U Sulay (1) cow
The details of the robbed cash money are:
1. U Salim Ullah (F) U Kala Mia 2 lakhs
2. U Ajimullah (F) U Kala Mia 2 lakhs
3. Daw Dildar Begum (F) U Abdu Sawmoth 4 lakhs
4. U Ali Juharr (F) U Nawju Mia 1 lakh
(3)Rohingya Fishermen killed in Pauk Taw township
- On 30th September, 2012, 4 fishermen from Ward (3), Pauk Taw Township went to the nearby river in a registered boat. As the boat did not return back in a timely manner, the relatives of the said fishermen informed to the concerned authorities about the failure of boat return on the next day. When the relatives with the authorities searched for the boat along the river, they found the boat ashore. On the boat they found a fisherman dead with fire injuries. The dead fisherman was identified as U Shobbir Ahmed (F) U Basir Ahmed (35 years). The rest three fishermen were not found and no information about them was clued. They are:
1. U Basir Ahmed (F) U Fay Rhdan Ali 60 years
2. U Alom Bard Shah (F) U Sayed Ahmed 35 years
3. U Mohammed Rohim (F) U Bard Shah Mia 28 years
(4)Nasaka extorted money from Rohingyas in Maungdaw North
On 30th September, 2012, Nasaka Sector (5) Commander Win Hlaing and his personal assistant U Htun Htun Naing arrested the following Rohingyas from Auk Phyuu Ma (Hasari Bil), Maungdaw North and extorted money (Kyat) as per detailed below.
1. Ra Shayd (F) U Sayed Husson 7 lakhs
2. Salim Ullah (F) U Luk Mun 2 lakhs
3. Mohammed Kasim (F) ? 1.5 lakhs
4. Mohammed Khan (F) U Obai Dul Haque 2 lakhs
In the same way, on 29th September, 2012, another Rohingya from Kyet Yoe Pyin, Maungdaw North, was arrested and extorted money by the same personnel.
1. Fay Ru Duss (F) U Asaw Dullah 9 lakhs
Again, on 1st October, 2012, at 10:00pm, the aforementioned Nasaka Sector personnel arrested two Rohingyas from Laik Aing hamlet, Nga Sar Kyeu (Na Sha Furu) village tract, Maungdaw north. The arresters were Htun Htun Naing, Sit Oo Zi and another two Nasakas. The arrestees were tortured seriously and released after taking cash money on 2nd October, 2012, at 4:00pm. The arrestees and extorted cash are as follow:
1. Mohammed Noor (F) U Shom Shu 10 lakhs
2. Noor Kobir (F) U Zaa Ru 2 lakhs
On 3rd October, 2012, exactly the same Nasaka personnel who arrested Rohingyas from Nga Sar Kyeu arrested two more Rohingyas from Kyet Yoe Pyin and extorted cash money from them as per following.
1. Dil Dar Hussain (F) U Abu Kalam 7.5 lakhs
2. Nu Ru (F) ? 1.5 lakhs
The same event occurred in Maungdaw downtown on 2nd October, 2012. Police personnel U Hla Myint and his informers Maa Bu (F) Mohammed Amin-Retired police and Mawji Ullah (F) Gura Mia- current temporary administrator for Myoma East Quarter (Ward-2) extorted money from a Rohingya [Abu Bakkar Siddik (F) U Lal Mia] with fabricated allegation. The extorted amount is Kyat one lakh and the victim’s business is selling bamboo near a bridge that spans Kan Yi and Maung Ni.
(5)Three Rohingyas attacked in Min Bya township
On 30th September, 2012, three Rohingyas from The Ra Oak hamlet, Pit Myaung village tract, Min Bya township, were attacked by a mob composed of Bengali Rakhines and Bengali Marama Gyi (Bawr Gua) while the victims were schooling cows in the village pasture. The attackers threw piercing iron quills to the victims. One of the attackers was identified by the victims. When the police arrested the identified attacker, who is a Bengali Marama Gyi (Bawr Gua), a group of Bengali Rakhines forced the police to release the arrestee. Finally, the police had to release the arrestee for his life safety as the number of mob participants was huge. When the injured victims were tried to evacuate in the town general hospital, a group of monks blocked the patient not to admit in hospital. Eventually, with a help of a group of Military, the victim reached to Sittway general hospital and now the patient is under treatment.
"Compiled by Rohingya Youths"
