4th
April 2014
1-
Maungdaw Township
Arakan State
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On 3rd
April 2014, census enumerators together with military and security
force visited the villages of Lay Kun Dan in the morning and Mong
Tola in the afternoon resepectively. Both the said villages fall
under Alay Than Kyaw (Haisshu Rata) village tract, southern Maungdaw.
The team left the villages as Rohingyas demanded to allow them to
claim their ethnic identity.
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Meanwhile, around the same time, another group visited the villages
of Fayzi of Quarter 2 and China Fatti of Quarter 1, Maungdaw. And
yet another group visited Shitaylla village of Myoma Kayintan (shidda
fara) village tract. Similar situations took place. (Tun Win
Report)
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Military
Torture Rohingya Youths for their Rohingya Claims
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Around 8:30AM on 2nd
April 2014, one crew of census enumerators together with more than
150 Military and Security Force visited the village of Ngan Chaung
(NaingChong) for Census survey. As
the villagers claimed 'Rohingya' as their ethnicity, the military
started beating Rohingyas. Besides, they also arrested 7 Rohingya
youths and took them to
army
custody in their camps. There too, the youths were tortured. They
still claimed with bravery 'we are Rohingya, we are Rohingya...'
(Kyaw Lin Tun Report)
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During
their Census Operation, Security
Force Seize Prawns Netted by a Rohingya Boy
A
crew
of census enumerators together with military
and security
force made to the village of U Kyi Kya in northern Maungdaw around
1:30PM on 2nd
April 2014. On the way, the security force enocountered
Shafiullah (son of) Hamidu Rahman, a 13-year-old Rohingya boy from
the village, with 3KG of Giant Tiger Prawns (Kular Bazzun) he had
netted from a nearby river. Three
military and six security
force seized all the prawns and gave just Kyat 3000 in return. When
the boy said there were 3KG of prawns worth of Kyat 30,000. The
security force threatened "if you talk more, we will even seize
your fish net." (Sindhi
Khan Report)
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Security
Force Attempt to Stab a Rohingya Taxi Driver
A
crew of census enumerators and security force
visited the Natala Rakhine village of the Tharay Kunbaung (Sair
Kunbaw) village tract, southern Maungdaw,
on 2nd
April 2014 afternoon. Around 5:30Pm, on their
way back to their temporary shelter at the Kaing Gyi village of
Zawmadat (Laambaaguna) village tract, the taxi carrying the Security
Force had a flat tyre. Therefore, the taxi driver told the security
force he would be unable to carry them any further. As
soon as he said
so, then a Hlun Htein got out of the taxi and punctured the remaining
tyres with a waist
knife he had. Besides, he attempted to stab the driver as well. At
the end, the helpless driver had to
send the Hlun Hteins in the
taxi with flat tyres to their destination.
The name of the taxi driver is Abdullah (son of) Mv Wariz and
he is from the village of Tharay Kundan
(Kunnia Fara) of the Zawmadat village tract, southern Maungdaw.
Worst,
the security
force did not
hire the
taxi but
forced the
driver to carry them around without any taxi fares. (C
R MYARF Report)
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2-
Sittwe (Akyab) Township, Arakan State
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A crew of 150 Military, 250 Police and Security Force, 150 Census
Enumerators and other concerned authority visited IDP camps at the
village of Ohn Taw Gyi and the village itself in Sittwe (Akyab)
township around 8:00AM on 3rd April 2014. As usual, they
inquired its people of their ethinicity. The people replied
'Rohingya.' Just some Kaman ethnic groups were able to complete all
the 41 questions in Ohn Taw Gyi Camps 4&5. Afterwards, the team
left without carrying out census at 12:00 noon of the day.
Dividing
themselves into many groups, each of them simultaneously visited Chan
Thar Goon IDP Camps and Chan Thar Goon village, Fwe Ra Goon IDP
Camps, Se Thama Gyi IDP Camps and Se Thama Gyi villages at 1:30PM of
the day. In these places, the groups only inquired the people of
their ethnicity. As people replied as 'Rohingya,' they left the
respective places at 2:30PM of the day. (Saed Arkani
Report)
3-
Buthidaung Township, Arakan State
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Around 9:30AM on 2nd April 2014, a group of 20 census
enumerators and 40 security forces visited the village of Oo Hla Phay
of Buthidaung township. They visited almost every household. Every
household claimed its ethnicity to be 'Rohingya.' So, they team left
the village at 4:45PM without carrying out the census. (Kyaw
Lin Tun Report)
4-
Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State
Around
7:50AM on 3rd
April 2014, a crew of census enumerators together concerned authority
and security personnel visited the village of Taung Paung (Fanong
Fara) in Kyauktaw township to survey census. They didn't visit house
by house on
the day.
Instead,
they summoned 15 representatives from Taung Paung (Fanong Fara) and
other 15 representatives from Radana Pun (Nai Rong) and
asked
them if they would like to be registered as Bengali. People, like
before, replied they would participate only they were allowed to
claim Rohingya. So, as usual, the team left without carrying out
census. Later, they left the village saying that they had to visit
some other villages. (Kadir
Report)
*Apologies
for reporting late.
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