November
18, 2013
Maungdaw,
Arakan: The
Administrator of the
village of U-Daung, southern Maungdaw, is on a money extortion spree.
The administrator, U Htin Maung, is a Rakhine extremist and abusing his power to
extort humungous amount of money from an innocent Rohingya whose
house got burnt down on 5th
November 2013.
"Hafiz
Sanaullah (son of) Mv Hanifa lives
in the
village of U-Daung, southern Maungdaw. At around 1:30PM on 5th
November 2013, his
house caught fire and was burnt
down.
The adminstrator of
the village is
a Rakhine extremist named U Tin Maung. On 6th
November 2013, he sent his collaborator and puppet, Baaru (son of)
Nazir Hussein, to
demand Kyat 100,000 from Hafiz
Sanaullah (whose
house was on fire earlier). The
collaborator came to him said "if you pay
Kyat 100,000 to the administrator, you
need not pay any money to anyone."
Thus,
he paid Kyat
100,000
to the puppet.
On
7th
November 2013, the
puppet
came up
again
and asked Hafiz
Sanaullah for
Kyat 300,000. He
refused to pay.
On
9th
November 2013 morning, Baaru appeared once
again
and asked for Kyat 200,000. Hafiz Sanaullah paid the money to him. In
the evening of the day, he came and asked him
(Hafiz
Sanaullah)
this time
for an humugous Kyat 3,000,000. Hence,
Hafiz Sanaullah refused to pay.
On
11th
November 2013, the Rakhine Administration together with four police
officers and three collaborators arrived at the house of Hafiz
Sanaullah. The
administrator
threatened to
imprison
him and his family if he failed/fails
to pay the amount in
10 days from
the date"
said
elderly Rohingya living in a nearby village.
"How
the house of Hafiz
Sanaullah caught
fire is not known yet. But in Arakan, if a Rohingya Muslim house
catches fire and burns down, the owner of the house, instead
of getting help from the authority,
has to pay money to the authority as mentioned above. That is a kind
of justice you can find only in Myanmar. A justice that victimizes a
victim further.
And
this is not the first time that the administrator has been squeezing
money from innocent Rohingya villagers" he
added.
Click to read his earlier money extortion list is here: A List of Money Extortion from Innocent Rohingyas by the Village Administrator of U-Daung Village, Maung Daw
Note:
The house of Hafiz Sanaullah (after his house got burnt down) means
the temporary shelter he is living in.
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| The village of U-Daung, Southern Maungdaw |
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