Arrested five Rohingya unjustly on false allegation in Mrauk-U

RB News

April 17, 2013

Mrauk-U: It is learnt that five Rohingya hailed from Paung Doak village tract of Mrauk-U Township, are alleged falsely and arrested forcibly. And it is also observed nowadays that the media itself untruthfully diffuse propaganda against the arrestees writing without any consideration justly . 

The detail of occurrence is: around five half past o’clock in the early morning of 14th April, the 7 villagers hailed from Paung Doak village went to an owned betel farm which is located near Buddhist Rakhine village and plucked betel leaves. On that time, Rakhines surrounded crowding them and arrested violently accusing that they plucked betel leaves from the Rakhine owned farms. Amongst the 7 Rohingya, 2 were fled seeing the coming of Rakhine gangsters and the rest five have been beaten severely. It is also learnt over six o’clock on that morning they were handed over in police station After beating so as that. 

Though the arrestees were sent as above on false allegation at police station, since 14th April media diffuse propaganda relevant to above dramatic issue untruthfully as such that they were caught due to reached in Rakhine village to set fire on. 

It has been perpetually occurring brutalities on Rohingya from both government officials and Rakhine extremists according to their statement as below: 

"We have been coming encountering such oppression suppressively with many strategic planning since many times ago. we are beaten severely when we meet soldiers on the way wherever we go for shopping. Also we are beaten whenever we meet unexpectedly with Rakhine groups.The goods which brought from shops are forcibly taken away by soldiers. And nowadays it is increasingly going on arresting on false allegation in the villages. We can even rely on none of concerned authorities because they more persecute inhumanely us using official power. Apparently, one resident told to RB News that The main motive of media to diffuse such propaganda untruthfully against us is merely to instigate more hatred upon us." 

The five arrestees on false allegation unjustly are : 

1. Saber Ahmed s/o Siddique, 40 

2. Abdul Karim s/o Amir Hussein, 31 

3. Shwe Maung s/o Abdul Malik, 18 

4. Aung Shay s/o Sham Shu, 25 

5. Yunus s/o Yusuf, 21

(Translated into English by Ibrahim Shah)