Two Rohingyas shot dead and Five wounded by Army in Pauktaw

RB News

June 27, 2013

Pauktaw, Arakan – Two Rohingyas were shot dead and five more were wounded in Pauktaw Township, Arakan State during the military operation asking refugees at gun points to work as forced laborers in the Kyein Ni Pyin Rohingya refugees camp.

“Today morning the army who were in Pauktaw as security forces has entered into the Rohingya refugee camp and beaten the refugees like thugs. Then forced refugees to work as laborers with them.” a local told to RB News.

As the security forces were beating anyone who were in front of them and forced them to work as forced-laborers. When the refugees refused their order to work, the security forces fired into the crowd and two Rohingya refugees were killed on the spot and five more were wounded. 

The two refugees who were shot dead by the security forces are:

(1) Bawdar S/o U Saw Tar (24 –years-old-male) 

(2) Salim S/o U Monu (19 years-old-male)

The security forces and staffs from Pauktaw Township administration took away the corpse of Bawdar and the body of Salim is still in the camp. 

The profiles of five persons who got injured are being collected and will be posted soon.

According to the local, the security forces and Nasaka (Border Security Forces) are still surrounding the camp and are forcing the refugees to work as forced-laborers. Locals are still not sure that there will be an investigation on the killing or it will be covered up by false accusation blaming the innocent refugees the cause of the incident.