Report by MYARF, Maung Daw | Written by M.S. Anwar
October 23, 2013
Money
extortion from Rohingya people by Myanmar authority is nothing new.
Countless reports have been made. However, recently, the different
departments of the authority in Maung Daw and Buthidaung have expanded
their money extortion businesses. They are, today, doing it as if they
are set free by the central government of Myanmar to do so and survive
on that without government's salaries. No has been taken against those
departments that frequently extort money from Rohingyas. Mentioned below
are some examples.
1- Immigration Department in Southern Maung Daw Involve in Mass Extortion of Money
On Friday,18th
October 2013, immigration department based at the village of
Aley-Than-Kyaw (HaisshuRata), southern Maung Daw, carried out a mass
extortion of money from Rohingyas in the villages of Zawmadat
(Laamba-Guna) and Koinna Fara of Tharay-Kunbaung (Sair-Koombaw) village
tract. The list of the victims is as follows.
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2- Police Extorted Money from Innocent Rohingya
On 15th
October 2013, two Police personnel, Nyi Nyi Zaw @Yein Zaw and Tun Sein,
and a SaRaPha (Intelligent and Security Service) officer arrested an
innocent young Rohingya named Feroz Khan S/o Khala Shuna (Age 25) hails
from the village of Khadir Bil (Nyaung Chaung), Maung Daw. Feroz Khan
was on his way coming back home after buying some necessary stuffs for
his shop run in the village of Nyaung Chaung.
The
above-mentioned authority arrested him on the road by the petrol
stations located at the outskirt of the village of Myoma Kayindan
(Shidda Fara). Then, they took him to the SaRaPha office in Maung Daw,
where he was threatened of charging with incitement of violence and
tortured. Later, they released him after squeezing Kyat 100,000.
The
pointed to be noted here is that the police officer, Nyi Nyi Zaw, was
transferred to Buthidaung township last March and is no longer in charge
of Maung Daw township. He came to Maung Daw to visit his family and
started extorting money, where he is no longer in charge. It leads one
to conclude that no government officer has to follow any rule of law as
far as the oppression against Rohingyas is concerned.
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3- Security Force Extorted Money from Rohingya Religious Scholar
Around 4PM on 14th
October 2013, Mv Shafi Alam S/o Izhar Meah (Age 46), a religious
scholar, hails from the village of Tha-Yet-Oate was on his way back
home. Meanwhile, he was stopped by the Hlun Hteins (Security Force) at
the checkpost by the bridge of Shwe Zar (Shujah). The seurity force
asked him to take out his ID card.
Then,
they said "your race in this ID Card is written "Muslim" instead of
"Bengali." So, you have to change it and need to give us Kyat 5,000 if
you want to go back home." And they extorted Kyat 5,000 from him.
"Myanmar
authority arbitrarily writes anything on our documents. They later
beat, torture us and extort money from us as stated above. This is a
aribitrary government system" said the victim.
- Zawmadat, Maung Daw Township (Photo: Google Map)
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