Police Severely Tortured a Rohingya Scholar

Maung Aurther

RB News

July 18, 2013

Maung Daw, Arakan - Yesterday (17th July 2013) morning, U Abdullah (28), a Rohingya religious scholar from the village of Waccha, southern Maung Daw, was arbitrarily arrested and tortured by the fanatic Rakhine Police. It has been reported that the Police were from Police station located in nearby Rakhine village of Myawaddy. 

“His name is U Abdullah S/o U Abdu Shukkor (Age 28). A young, innocent and religious scholar with a good morality! Suddenly, this morning, three Police officers raided the village of Waccha and arrested him for no reason. He was handcuffed, severely beaten and tortured. Then, Police stripped him off his clothes by force before the eyes of his fellow villagers. While Police was dragging him to their station, he managed to run away. The Police were from the station located in nearby Rakhine village of Myawaddy” said a villager. 

The villager continued “so after a few hours, around 15 Police Officers raided the village again. They were indiscriminately beating children, young, old, men and women alike. They were robbing money from every Rohingya they found before them. 

Besides, Police threatened us ‘if you don’t tell us where this man is hiding, we will carry out similar things tomorrow as well.’ We don’t even know where he is hiding. We are extremely worried and living in terror.” 

It has been continually reported that since the abolition of NaSaKa (Border Security Force), Police, made up of racist Rakhines, has got absolute authority and power to oppress Rohingyas. And they are brutally carrying out atrocities against Rohingyas as expected.