Goods Worth Millions of Kyats Taken Away From Kyat Yoe Pyin Market By Nakasa From Ngakura

Qutub Shah 

RB News 

January 14, 2013 

Maungdaw: On January 13, at 11 am, Molvi Noor Ahmed s/o Md Shafi, 30, from Mya Zan Kona, Sin Gri Para (Long Doung) village tract, northern Maungdaw, went for buying goods from Maungdaw downtown. There he was arrested by San Myint, a two star ranking police officer and the head of Township anti-human trafficking agency of Maungdaw baselessly accusing him of human trafficking. He was threatened that he will meet both harsh punishment and imprisonment, if he fails to comply with his demand of 800,000 Kyats. Finally he got released at 3:00 pm, after paying him 400,000 Kyats. 

On Friday, January 12, at 8:30 pm, thirty Nasakas led by Major Win Lynn, lieutenant commander of Nasaka Region-5, Ngakura, raided a market in Keari Farang (Kyat Yoe Pyin) village tract, northern Maungdaw. Then, they started looting the Rohingya shops. Goods worth millions of kyats have been reportedly taken away. In addition, innocent Rohingyas found watching over their shops, most of them are teenagers, were also arrested and severely tortured until some got intense injuries. Meanwhile, many others were threatened to arrest. They are still in the detention cell in Ngakura under constant torture and fear of imprisonment under any fabricated charge.

The victims are identified as:

1. Ajmal Khan s/o Abul Quasim, 21 
2. Mohammed Ali s/o Abdul Hamid, 23 
3. Mohammed Ayas s/o Kala Meya, 18 
4. Yunos s/o Sultan, 15 
5. Shofiq s/o Nor Husain, 18 
6. Kamal Husain s/o Kala Meya, 20 
7. Iliyas s/o Salim, 23 
8. Mohammed Hashim s/o Fedan, 16 
9. Mohammed Salim s/o Abdul Gaffar, 18 
10. Mohammed Hashim s/o Lalu, 17 
11. Noor Hashim s/o Norullah, 36 

The Nasaka first raided the village. As the people escaped from them and they found nobody in the village, then they targeted the market. 

On January 10, Nasaka from Kyauk Pando camp, Region-8 arrested three Rohingya youths from Kyauk Pando village tract (Shita Furikka), Maungdaw accusing them that they went to Bangladesh. After torturing for 3 days, they were released by yesterday, extorting one lakh kyats from each.

The victims are:

1. Mohammed Alom s/o Hamid Huson, 22 
2. Halaya s/o Md Husein, 21 
3. Mohammed Khan s/o Huson, 18 

Mye Bon: On January 13, in Mye Bon township, both the gubernatorial authorities and Township General Administrative office called five Rohingyas and five from Rakhines and took their signatures on a form, in which it is stated that "After the investigation, if we did not find any foreigner living here, all are indigenous of this state."