Fakira Bazar, MDW North: Molvi Noor
Mohammed 49 s/o Sultan Ahmad had supposedly fled the country to escape from
possible death sentence by the Burmese racist authority. For this possible
penalty, no reason has yet been ascertained. Reportedly due to his alleged
involvement in Rohingya political parties in Bangladesh.
On 1st May, 2013 at about 8:00 PM, more
than 30 Nasaka personals from the Region no (5), Kha Maung Seik had besieged
his home. In searching for him as a highly wanted criminal, they virtually left
no stone unturned in the home but as he already went selling wood to Maungdaw,
he has not been arrested. Frankly, no violence during the operation as usually
carried out by them has been reported.
Molvi Noor Mohammed (religious
intellectual) is nothing more than a poor old man. He used to teach in Madrasa
(Islamic school) run by local charity from which he earned a meager income of
50000Ks and that was regarded his only livelihood. But unfortunately, since
last year June's State-sponsored ethnic cleansing in Arakan province, he and
the teachers like him and nearly the entire Rohingya community became an easy
prey of starvation due to government’s restriction on movement, arbitrary
taxation, extortion under no criminal offence, and artificial price hike of
foods which has been greedily sold by local Rakhine businessmen to Rohingyas,
as well as the government put strong restriction on any Islamic services. As a
consequence, he began selling wood though that did not cover the necessity of
his family. Rohingyas in northern Rakhine State (NRS) live in fear of being
arrested with no legal charge,
"everyone would be caught sooner or later" said a school teacher from
NRS anonymously.
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