A Tragic Account of Noor Bi Shuna (- A Rohingya Woman Who Lost 31 Relatives)

A Tragic Account of Noor Bi Shuna 

- A Rohingya Woman Who Lost 31 Relatives 

RB News 

May 19, 2013

Sittwe, Arakan - The internally displaced Rohingyas from the camps in Pauktaw Township left for the camp of Sin Tet Maw by boats in search of a safer place ahead of the storm on 13th May 2013. 

Of them, a boat carrying more than 100 displaced Rohingyas sunk in the river around 2AM on Monday, 13th May 2013. Therefore, 81 people died and 43 people survived. Out of them, on the day, only two dead bodies were recovered. And of the 79 dead bodies, six were found on the coast of Merullah (Myint-Hlut), southern Maung Daw and other 31 dead bodies on the coast of Teknaf, Bangladesh. 

A 68-year-old Rohingya woman, Noor Bi Shuna D/o Shor Ali, from the village of Domfara, Pauktaw Township, is one of the people survived. According to her, there were 31 family members including her children, grandchildren and other close relatives with her on the boat. Though all the 31 family members had died while the boat sunk, she floated on the water and remained alive. On 15th May 2013 morning, around 11AM, she was found and rescued by the fishermen in the village of Bor Ga Dil, Sittwe. 

Now, she is sheltered by the people of the village. She is extremely worried, weeping and feeling depressed according to a villager.

(Translated into English by Maung Aurther)