NaSaKas in Maung Daw South Forget They Are Government Staffs

Maung Aurther 

RB News 

April 22, 2013 

Maung Daw, Arakan - On 18th April 2013 evening, NaSaka (Border Security Force) from Myint Hlut (Mer-Ullah) South Outpost under the NaSaKa Commandment Area (8) arbitrarily arrested and tortured some Rohingyas from the South Myint-Village village tract. Two days later, they were released after the extortion of huge amount of money. 

“NaSaKa arrested and tortured the following people. 

(1) Maji Ullah S/o Dil Mohammed (25) 

(2) Shona Meah S/o Ayzar Meah (60) 

(3) Salamat S/o Lalu (45) 

(4) Sharif Hussain S/o Sultan (42) 

(5) Mohammed Noor S/o Hussain Ali (20) 

(6) Amir Hussain S/o Shafiullah (50) 

They were released two days later after the extortion of following amount of money respectively. The amounts were Kyat 20,000 from No.1 mentioned above, Kyat 20,000 from No.2, Kyat 30,000 from No.3, Kyat 60,000 from No.4, Kyat 40,000 from No.5 and Kyat 50,000 from No.6 respectively. 

Again on 20th April 2013, NaSaKas from the station of Myint Hlut Gindaw under the same commandment area mentioned above had arrested two Rohingyas named Izhar Meah S/o Salay (42) and Kalah S/o U Dolu (45) from Myint Hlut Ywa Thit. They were released after extortion of Kyat 150,000 from each. 

A person named Rahmat Ullah is already with a broken-hand due to the torture in NaSaKa detention. All the arrests are being made on arbitrary allegations” said a villager from a nearby village. 

“The NaSaKas here seem to forget that they are government staffs and have to live on the salary provided by the government. They are just rampant and extorting money from whomever they wish. They are behaving like robbers. 

Recently, having drunken, a lower-level NaSaKa beat the caretaker officer, Captain Tun Hun Htoo, in the NaSaKa commandment office No.8 because the captain used to prevent him from carrying out arbitrary arrests of the innocent people. We heard that other lower level NaSaKas were also happy to the offence committed by their colleague because they are also birds of the same feather. And now, the captain was transferred to another region” he added.