Rohingya Villages Plundered in Southern Maung Daw

M.S. Anwar 

RB News 

March 20, 2013 

Maung Daw, Arakan - A few Rohingya villages in Kunkhara Fara (Padin) village tract, southern Maung Daw are being plundered by Ko Htway, the current in charge of the NaSaKa Camp 14 under the command area 7. The head of the mentioned camp, Bogyi Myo Htaik Aung, is said to have been taken for investigations to the Military Headquarter in Ann Township, Arakan state. In his absence, his assistant Ko Htway, a Rakhine extremist, is plundering Rohingyas in the said villages. 

“Bogyi Myo Htaik Aung was said to have been taken to the military headquarter in Ann township for investigation. The allegation against him was said to have been made by the military personnel who killed a Rohingya in Baggona village on 28th January 2013. Bogyi Myo Htaik Aung sent the dead body to the hospital for post-mortem instead of letting it be destroyed. So, the news of the killing leaked. And the criminal military accused Bogyi Myo Htaik Aung that he was supporting Kulars (a word used against Rohingyas). 

Now, in his absence, his assistant Ko Htway, a Rakhine extremist himself, is plundering the villages under Padin village tract. He has been looting, arresting and torturing Rohingyas for no reasons. On 17th March 2013, a Rohingya called Rashid Ahmed was arrested for renovating his house even though it was with the NaSaKa’s permission and tortured so much so that his ribs were broken. Later, he extorted 0.6 Millions Kyat and released the Rohingya. And he has gone wild and arbitrarily plundering and torturing almost every Rohingya in the village” said a Rohingya from a nearby village. 

“We would like to send this heart-breaking news of our people to the higher authority and central government of Myanmar through this media platform. And we plead the government to take action against Ko Htway in order to stop his plundering” he continually exclaimed.