Continuous Robberies by Burmese Military in Maung Daw
Maung Auther
RB News
June 14, 2013
Maung Daw, Arakan - Captain Htaik Soe of Military Light Infantry Unit 355 and U Tin Tun, head of Police Base, at Kayemyaing, Southern Maung Daw and their comrades are continuously beating and robbing Rohingyas in Southern Maung Daw. According to the reports, they had robbed three Rohingyas in Southern Maung Daw on 11th June 2013.
Besides, “between 9:30AM and 1PM on 12th June 2013, they robbed money and jewelries from six Rohingya families in the village of Kilaindaung (Duchira Dan), Southern Maung Daw. The heads of the robbed Rohingya families are:
On 12th June 2013 morning, Deputy NaSaKa (Border Security Force) Administrator (Du-Kwaykay YeHmuu) visited the village of Kilaidaung for investigation concerning some Rakhine terrorists’ attempts to torch Rohingyas’ houses in the village on 9th June 2013. Two military including the captain Htaik Soe, nine NaSaKas and the Police Head of Kayemyaing Station took charge of the security ahead of the his visit.
Before his arrival and after his departure, the military, NaSaKa and Police altogether broke into the houses of Rohingyas and robbed whatever they found before them. Fearing their barbaric behaviors, few Rohingyas had left their houses as they were coming to rob. And other Rohingyas who defied them and resisted from being robbed were severely beaten and threatened of life imprisonments” said a nearby Rohingya villager.
“These officers such Captain Htaik Soe, Police Head Tin Tun and another Police officer called Aye Tun are beating, robbing and continuing all their barbarous acts against Rohingyas every day. Our situation is only getting worse and more disastrous day by day here” he exclaimed.
Last year in his own report to parliament U Thein Sein blamed Rakhine political parties and Buddhist monks for spreading religiono ethnic hatred and senseless killings in Arakan state. Yet his administration has not taken a single concrete action against those perpetrators.
It has been our battle cry that we might take upon the afflictions of those in concentration camps as our own sufferings. It is our purpose in life that we might live their pain so that even in the darkest hour they might not be left alone and persecuted by the most evil of the evils.
Let our voices continue to be raised till our throats can tolerate any longer... till blood flows and dries up from our vocal cords. Our eyes will forever be fixed upon the darkest chapters of our blood so that we might shed a light into the pitfall. Let it continue to be our battle cry and our life mission.
As 2013 lays before us it is our goal to make our voices so loud that every soul around us knows the pain of the Rohingya. We will keep their suffering at the forefront of our daily lives. As long as there are Rohingya children and women preyed into death's chains we will continue to fight. As long as there are Rohingya men being dragged off to death traps at the hands of hate mongers we will cry out and also we will bear witness until all perpetrators dock at the ICC, Hague.