Aley Than Kyaw Village Administrator continues to extort money from Rohingyas

Maungdaw, Arakan – Maung Thet Naing, the village administrator of Aley Than Kyaw village, Maungdaw Township in Arakan State has been continuously extorting the money from the Rohingya villagers. 

Naing has recently demanded that Azarz Ullah, son of Abdul Shakkur pay 1.1 million kyat. Ullah's mother left the village three months ago for Saudi Arabia, through neighbouring Bangladesh. Village administrator Naing took this opportunity to extort this money from Ullah. Not being able to afford the entire amount, Ullah gave 300,000 kyat. Maung Thet Naing has continuously threatened Ullah since then, for the remaining 800,000 kyat. 

“His mother left for Saudi Arabia. As he can’t effort 11 lakhs, just paid 3 lakhs and try to escape from the threatening of Maung Thet Naing. But Maung Thet Naing is continuously threatening him that he will arrest and will confiscate all the properties owned by Azarz Ullah.” a villager told RB News. 

There is nothing to be done about Azarz Ullah's mother for leaving the village for abroad, except for deleting her name from the family registration document. But extorting the money is unlawful and it is evidence that there is no rule of law in the region for Rohingyas. 

The village administrator Maung Thet Naing has been extorting the money from the Rohingyas unjustly for long time. His behavior is known to be like a "legal robber" in the region. The Rohingya villagers have been facing many problems with this village administrator. Although they reported their problems to the higher authorities, no action has been taken against Naing.