Burmese Military Hold Hundreds of Rohingya
Women as Hostages
Maungdaw: The Burmese military have held hundreds of Rohingya
women as hostages at ‘Myaw Taung’ village in northern Maungdaw since Thursday
(December 1) morning, reliable sources report.
The hostages including children are currently confined
without food and being tortured at the south hamlet of Myau Taung village
tract. The troops have put a condition to the women either to call their men
and make them surrender or to continue to suffer for indefinite time.
“There were around 600 Burmese troops in three groups raided
SaaliFerang (Myaw Taung) village yesterday morning. Since then, they have kept
them as hostages.
“Screaming voices of the women are being heard from far. We
fear of molestations or rapes of the women but we can’t confirm about it as we
are on the run”, said a Rohingya man from Myau Taung in a telephonic
conversation.
In a separate report we have received, 25 innocent men
including old men and children have been arrested and are inhumanly being
tortured in the village’s school.
Urgent international action is needed to free the women from
being held as hostages.