Security
Force Extort Money from Rohingya by Means of Torture
By
CR MYARF
Wednesday,
April 9, 2014
Maungdaw,
Arakan- Security Force from a camp based at the village of
Kyauk-Pandu, southern Maungdaw, are extorting money from Rohingyas of
the village and of nearby villages of by means of tortures.
"There
is a camp of Security Force at the village of Kyauk-Pandu in
sourthern Maungdaw. On 6th April 2014, three security
force members and Soe Thu, the son-in-law of the village
administrator, U Kyaw Sein, raied the home of U Mubarak, a local
Rohingya. Then, they arrested him under the accusation under the
accusation of possessing illegal Bangladesh Mobile Phones. They
severely tortured him and demanded Kyat 100,000 for his release. He
was a poor man. So, he was able to pay just Kyat 40,000. In order to
get released from the hands of the brutal security force, he had to
buy bamboos worth of Kyat 60,000 for the security force from a bamboo
trader on credit" said a villager.
"They
had arrested U Sayed Kasim, superintendent of the village bazaar, at
10:00PM on 5th April 2014 while was on sentry duty of the
bazaar. On 4th April 2014 as well, they went to the beach
of Kyauk-Pandu and confiscated woods that Anamul Hassan, a villager
of a nearby village called Kanpu, had gathered there to construct an
engine boat. The woods were said to be worth of Kyat 500,000. And it
happens almost everyday. They arrest people and torture them to
extort money. It has become unbearable" he added.
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