Justice Denied, Justice Weeps Silently
Arakan Watch
May 16, 2017
An innocent Rohingya woman has been sentenced for 6
months imprisonment in Northern Maungdaw on May 15, 2017. She was accused of
guilty and jailed for expressing the truth about killing her husband along with
two others in the so-called Clearance Operations by Burmese security forces
since last October.
According to the reliable source, Mr Abdu Salam S/O.
Aminuddin from Kyagong Taung (Rabaillaya, Somboinna para) village tract in
Northern Maungdaw with two other companions were shot dead by military force on
November 13, 2016 as a part of crackdown in the name of ‘Clearance Operation’
after alledged attack on police post. The house of the victim was burned
keeping the three dead bodies inside in order to demolish the signs of of
atrocities.
Mrs Salma Khatun, beloved wife of the deceased Abdu Salam
has explained the facts in details to the international diplomats and reporters
who were visiting the victims at that time. She showed (to the visiting
persons) the place (mass grave) where the three bodies were buried by barbarian
Burmese army.
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A case was filed in regard to this atrocities committed
by the Burmese security forces when Mrs. Salma reported to the concerned
government officials and nearby police station. The Maungdaw judge court
pronounced a verdict of 6 months imprisonment to Salma Khatun yesterday,
accusing her for providing false information against the security forces. The
court denied of such atrocities committed by the armed force since last
October.
The military forces launched so-called clearance
operation in the name of searching ‘rebels’ since last October after an attack on police post on 9th October
last year. More than 1000 innocent Rohingya were killed, hundreds of houses
were burnt, and around 75000 Rohingya flee into Bangladesh displacing thousands
other.
The UN has accused Burmese army of committing Crimes
Against Humanity referring it to fact-finding mission for neutral and
independent investigation. The Burmese government as well as military chief
have denied the accusation and so rejected the fact-finding mission to probe
into the alleged atrocities.
The rights activists expressed their deep concern over
the judgment and said that it was an attempt to ignore the persecutions meted
out upon the Rohingya Muslims and to warn all the victims keeping their selves
mum to all atrocities of Burmese army. If the victims are contrarily accused of
guilty and punished– the justice will weep silently.
Related news read here: https://mirsdq.blogspot.com/2017/05/innocent-rohingya-woman-jailed-for-6.html