Suspicious Film Shooting in Maung Daw: Is It Another Conspiracy To Scapegoat Rohingyas?

MYARF

RB Analysis

June 8, 2013

Rohingyas have been the victims of a conspired Genocide in the hands of brutal Burmese Regime and Rakhine terrorists. Burmese regimes have been creating a conspiracy after a conspiracy to blindfold the international community. Today, Rohingyas, who are on the verge of extermination, have been living in fear of being massacred. To exaggerate their fear of becoming victims of targeted violence again, a highly suspicious film shooting took place in the village of Shikda Fara (Myoma Kayintan), Maung Daw, from 1:30PM to 2:30PM on 5th June 2013. Here is its true account as it has been told by an eyewitness. 

“Around 1:30PM, about 12 Military Personnel from the camp based at Basic Education High School (BEHS) 1 located in the village of Myoma Kayintan took some intimidating pictures to create a fake situation suspected to carry out further more violence against Rohingyas.

The military personnel with their cameras went to the road between Basic Education High School 1 and Basic Education Primary School (it is also the road to the central mosque) in the village. They were accompanied by two Policemen (Tin Aye and a Bama Police) and five Rakhine youths. Subsequently, they blocked the road and so did the villagers’ access. Some descriptions such as “STARTING FOR THE SECOND TIME, ANYONE WHO CROSSES IT WILL BE SHOT DOWN” were written on the Road Barricades. 

The Rakhine youths had to do rehearsals for the shots several times as they kept laughing. While the military were holding up their guns and one of them was with a micro-speaker as if issuing warning, Rakhine youths were made to act as if they were trying to attack the Military by stones and sticks. Then, taking pictures and making videos of the scenes including Rohingya passers-by in different dimensions followed. 

Another shot of the video was made as a military captain asked one of the military to take off his uniform and to pretend as if he was a civilian caught by a police officer. He did as he was asked to and one of the motor policemen acted of forcing him to lie down, twisting one of his arms and putting his (Police Officer’s) gun on the attacker’s (the military person’s) back. 

One thing here, what one of us spotted was, when the actor (the military) happened to show his face during the shoot, the cameramen asked him not to show his face. We suspect he was asked so because they were pretending as though Rohingyas attacking the military. This might be preliminary steps to making up fake videos before they prompt another massive violence against Rohingyas.

On the same day, three trucks of Monks and Rakhine youths from rural areas were taken into a monastery called Aung Mye Bawdi at the northern part of the same village tract. Later, the military went there and asked them to put their hands up while they were getting off the trucks only to make videos of the scenes.

We have never seen film shooting in our areas. This time we could see but it might not be for our pleasure and it can blast us if it goes as to our suspicions. We also suspect the authority did all these drama to extend the Curfew (Martial Law) period continuously against Rohngyas. Since the curfew order imposed on Rohingyas, they have neither been able to move nor been able to work.”

(Edited by Maung Aurther)