On 14th April 2013, a Rakhine group from a NaTaLa
village, Khinn Chaung in Du-Chi Raden village tract set ablaze a combined house
of two Rohingya families in a nearby village of the same village tract at about
9:45PM.
A combined house of Two Rohingya brothers Gura Meya and
Rahmed Ullah sons of Soyodur Rahman in Morongor Deil hamlet of Du-Chii Ra Den
village tract was set ablaze by a group of Rakhines from a nearby village,
Khinn Chaung(model village) of the same village tract at about 9:45PM. The next
day in the morning a NaSaKa officer from Min Gyi Chaung Camp came to the area
and investigated a woman from the burnt house when she stated that it was done
by Rakhines from the Khinn Chaung village but no action taken yet against them.
“After they set fire on the house, when the Rohingya
villagers came out to set it off, the military security forces (settled there
to secure Khinn Chaung village only) fired their guns up to the sky to stop the
Rohingyas from setting the fire off while we saw in the light of fire that the
Rakhines who set the fire were standing near the blazing house but the security
personals did nothing to take action against them” said a Rohingya from the
village.
“These Rakhines have been threatening us for more than five
days saying to attack our village during the water festival that’s why we were
watching our village in these nights but tonight the militaries chased us from
the said area so that they would have easily burnt our houses. I don’t know why
the militaries who are supposed to protect the life of the villagers are
supporting to create problems between two communities?” He added.
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