Myanmar Gov't Builds Flat Houses for Hindus on Muslim Lands
RB News
5.6.2018
Maungdaw, Arakan
State -- The Myanmar government is
building flat houses for (Rohingya) Hindus on the farm lands owned by
(Rohingya) Muslims in northern Maungdaw, according to reliable sources.
About fifty 24×18
flat houses are now being constructed for the Hindus on the lands confiscated
from the Muslims. A source from the Hindu community has added that these flat
houses are financially sponsored by the Indian Government.
A human rights
activist based in Maungdaw said "Rohingya Muslims and Rohingya Hindus
share no history of conflicts. But I see this arbitrary action by the
government to build flats for the Hindus on the farm lands owned by the Muslims
as opening up a new front of conflict in Arakan State on the religious line.
Naturally, some owners of the lands may view the Hindus as encroachers which
will result in hatred.
"And this
will create the violence in Arakan state more complex in the future. But the
more the conflicts in the state, the longer the military can keep the control
over the region."
There are Hindu
villages in the downtown and the outskirts of Maungdaw. These villages didn't
come under attack as the Myanmar armed forces carried out violence against
Rohingya Muslims on 25th August 2017 and afterwards. However, the Myanmar
Government shifted the Hindus to Sittwe (Akyab) and some others to the
'Maungdaw High School (1)' at 'Myoma Kayindan' village making them pretend as
'Displaced People.'
After they were
shifted away from their homes, the Myanmar military and Border Guard Police (BGP);
and the Rakhine extremists jointly burned down some Hindu homes nearby 'Dael
Fara', a Muslim hamlet at 'Myoma Kayindan' village, which was also burnt down
(by the same military and BGP; and the Rakhine extremists). After that, the
government has placed some Hindus temporarily on their burned home-ground by
erecting make-shift camps. In September last year, the Myanmar government
dressed up some of them as Muslims and staged a fake event to portray that
'Muslims are torching their own homes'. Then, the Myanmar Government
Spokeperson, Zaw Htay, took to social media to spread propaganda which was
exposed later.
"Now, India
is sponsoring flat houses for the Hindus and the Myanmar government is building
them on the Rohingya farm lands. However, the remaining Rohingya in Myanmar
feel hopeless and helpless as they are not getting any help despite that
thousands of them have been killed and hundreds of their villages burnt down.
On top of that, their lands are being confiscated," said a Rohingya Muslim
in Maungdaw asking not to be identified.
[Report by MYARF;
Edited by M.S. Anwar]
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