By Aung Aung
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This picture was
taken on 14 October 2016. Tatmadaw
soldiers patrol in Wabeik village of Maungdaw
township,
close to the outpost where all of the 5 border guards were
killed
during a night assault on October 9.
(Photo – Kaung Htet / The Myanmar Times)
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Buthidaung – Myanmar army battalion 232 accompanied with
village Administrator, Kyaw Hla Khaing came to Ba Da Kar Village tract (Fatiya
Fara) Buthidaung and took away five Rohingya villagers who have disappeared
since 12 January 2016.
Burmese armed forces from army battalion 232 camped in
Kyee Hnoke Thee village (Kawwar Tunt Fara) of Buthidaung abducted Sayedul Amin
aged 40 and Edris aged 35 from Badaga South (Fatiya Fara), Muhammad Yahaya aged
27 Jamal Husein aged 30 and Rashid aged 35 from Kinosi (Kinisi ) village on 12
January 2016.
One of the victim’s wife said “My husband was taken away
from home by the administrator and soldiers on 12 January 2016. Since that day,
authority has not informed us about my husband, we don’t know he is alive or
not. We tried to get the information but the administrator refused to tell us
about my husband”.
Another victim’s mother expressed that “My son did
nothing against government”. She repeatedly said “My son was disappeared by the
soldiers”. The Burmese armed force have been continuously carrying out mass
arrests of the Rohingya civilians, torturing the arrestees and subjecting some
to enforced disappearances as part of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar’s western
Rakhine.
During “Clearance Operation” in northern Maungdaw since
October 9, the Burmese armed forces- the Military and the Border Guard Police
(BGP)- have arbitrarily arrested more than 1,000 civilians later subjecting
them to tortures and enforced disappearances, raping more than 500 women and
girls and burning down approximately 3,500 homes leading to displacements of
more than 90,000 people without shelter, food, water and medicines.
Army battalion 232 camped in Kyee Hnoke Thee village of
Buthidaung 25days, arbitrarily arrested many and extorted money from Rohingya
of Ba Da Kar village Tract. Army battalion 552 was replaced to continue
atrocity against Rohingya civilian on 8 February 2017.
“Military comes to the Rohingya villages in
four different groups each group includes 25 soldiers”.
Before they come they informed village administrator to
arrange food and beer. Administrator extorts money from the villagers. They
confiscated all properties of Abdu Rahman 35 years old and Abdu Shukkur 40
years old on 10 February 2017″, said a villager. Rashida, another victim’s wife
said ” I want to know the location where my husband being kept and about his
health”