By
MYARF
Wednesday,
May 7, 2014
Maungdaw, Arakan state- On
4th May 2014, Military belong to battalion 354 based at Maungdaw
High School arrested an innocent Rohingya under a false accusation of
possessing an illegal pistol. They brutally beat him up until 2AM on 5th
May 2014. Consequently, he died at 3AM on 6th April 2014.
“On
4th May 2014, Enose (son of) Baitta @Hasjim, a local of the village
of Myoma Kayintan (Shidda Fara) in Maungdaw township, was arrested by military
belong to battalion 354 based at the High School in the same village. He was
arrested under an arbitrary accusation of illegally possessing a pistol
imported from Bangladesh.
They
brutally beat and tortured him until 2AM on 5th April 2014.
Consequently, his head got broken, his chest became swollen and he was unable
to move. As he became critical, he was transferred to Maungdaw Police. There,
in Police custody, Police also tortured him. Police handed him over to his
family around 4PM on 5th May 2014 since the Police realized that he
was going to die.
Therefore,
as a result, he passed away at his home at around 3AM on 6th May
2014. Post-mortem was done in Maungdaw hospital afterwards. However, Military
found no proof that he had possessed a pistol” said a local of the village.
“The
previous commander of the battalion was transferred to somewhere else. Newly
posted Second-in-Command is a Major. We don’t know his name yet. As soon as he
arrived, he started killing Rohingyas. In the past as well, Military killed
many innocent Rohingyas arbitrarily and the concerned authority took out their body
parts through post-mortem” he continued.
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