Breaking News: RAKHINES ATTEMPTED TO TORCH A ROHINGYA’S HOUSE
M.S. Anwar
RB News
March 9, 2013
Maung Daw, Arakan - Around 3AM on 9th March 2013, five extremist Rakhine youths attempted to torch a house owned by Rohingya in Shikdar Fara (Myoma Kayintan), Maung Daw. Fortunately, the house owner happened to wake up in time to prevent his house from being torched.
“Five extremist Rakhine youths came to the house of Zahid Hussain S/o Nurul Amin at around 3AM secretly and with them, there were petrol gallons and lighters. The house owner woke up and saw them trying to torch his house. When the house-owner and his neighbors chased them, four of the escaped and one got caught. Upon questioning, the Rakhine who got caught said that he was Minbraa Township and had been in Maung Daw for around 10 days. Then, he suddenly began to behave as if he was a fool.
Later, the villagers informed the commander of the military battalion encamped at the High School in the village that they had caught a Rakhine trying to set fire to a house. The battalion commander, without even asking who he was, said “he is a fool” and asked the villagers to inform the Police. Police came and they, too, without even seeing him, said “he is a fool.” And Police released him. The guy was again seen traversing in the village in the evening of the day” said a Rohingya Elder from Maung Daw.
“There are curfew order imposed at night and two military camps at the two ends of the village. Police and Military always patrol at night. So, how could they come at night to set fire to the house? How could the commander say that he was a fool without even asking who was the person that got caught? If he was really a fool, why did he give some straight answers at first? Above all, why is he set free if he is a fool? There are a lot one can question upon. But we feel it is a CONSPIRACY to create violence against Rohingyas again, in which the enforcement authorities are involved. Now, we suspect that the six houses of Rohingyas burnt down in the village the night before might have been torched by the same fools” he continued.
“There are curfew order imposed at night and two military camps at the two ends of the village. Police and Military always patrol at night. So, how could they come at night to set fire to the house? How could the commander say that he was a fool without even asking who was the person that got caught? If he was really a fool, why did he give some straight answers at first? Above all, why is he set free if he is a fool? There are a lot one can question upon. But we feel it is a CONSPIRACY to create violence against Rohingyas again, in which the enforcement authorities are involved. Now, we suspect that the six houses of Rohingyas burnt down in the village the night before might have been torched by the same fools” he continued.
