A three-member delegation of the Advisory Commission on
Rakhine State visited two Rohingya camps in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of the
district on Sunday, reports UNB.
The delegation members are chair of the Myanmar National
Human Rights Commission Win Mra, former UN Special Advisor to Secretary-General
(2003-2006) Ghassan Salame’, and Core Member and Founder of Religious for
Peace, Myanmar Aye Lwin, according to the Bangladesh foreign ministry
officials.
The delegation reached a new Rohingya camp at Balukhali
in Ukhia upazila around 11:40am and talked to the new arrivals of the Rohingya
and saw the situation on the ground.
During the hour-long discussion, some of the Rohingya
people informed the delegation that they fled Rakhine to Bangladesh after being
failed to endure the torture unleashed by the military of the Myanmar
government.
They said the army persons had shot many Rohingyas to
death after picking them up from their houses and torched their houses.
Later, the Rakhine Commission team visited another
Rohingya camp at Leda in Teknaf upazila.