One Rohingya Killed, Eight Freed and Four Still Detained at Rathedaung

Rathedaung – A displaced Rohingya was tortured to death and five have still been detained by the Burmese military at the ‘KoeTanKauk (Doun Say)’ Buddhist monastery, while freeing other seven people on November 9, a reliable source says.

They were among the 13 internally displaced people (IDP) arbitrarily arrested by the army during the raids at ‘KoeTanKauk (Doun Say)’ IDP Camps on November 7.

“Zahid Hussein (son of) Mohammed Hassan, 31, was tortured to death. The people released were also tortured severely during their detention at the ‘Doun Say’ monastery. The one that died was actually tortured to death while they had been still detained at the ‘Doun Say’ Primary School before they were taken to the ‘Doun Say’ Monastery. His body was buried at the premise of the school.

“But the army announced that he fled from their detention and doesn’t know his whereabouts since his escape. This is obviously to conceal the crime they have committed,” said an IDP Person at KoeTanKauk.

On November 7, following people were arrested at the IDP Camps.

No	Name	Father	Age
1	Shah Alam	Mogghul Ahmed	34
2	Mohammed Hussein	Laal Meah	25
3	Zamir Hussein	Nesaar Ahmed	24
4	Mohammed Hassan	Mogghul	28
5	Yusuf	Hala Boda	27
6	Kabir Ahmed	Hala Meah	26
7	Nurul Amin	Abu Bakkar	28
8	Mohammed Kasim	Noor Mohammed	28
9	Shah Meah	Mogghul Ahmed	50
10	Rashid	Kasim	29
11	Dil Mohammed	Abdu Shukkor	40
12	Fir Mohammed	Azizur Rahman	30
13	Zahid Hussein	Mohammed Hassan	31

Of the list above, seven people (at No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11) have been released after extortion of Kyat 120,000 from each.

Earlier, the Burmese troops arbitrarily arrested 13 Rohingya civilians [read report HERE] during a separate their two-day-long siege of KoeTanKauk village from Friday night to Sunday night.

Of them, two people have been released. They are Mv Rahimullah and Mv Zahid Hussein.

Six others are still being detained and tortured at the KoeTanKauk monastery along with five other KoeTanKauk villagers (not IDP) people and five more have been kept incommunicado.

[Edited by M.S. Anwar]