January 26, 2018
Myanmar military assaulted some poor Rohingya children
and men in Taungpyo Lewet of Maungdaw north when found them going to the forest
for collecting fire woods on January 25.
The victims were identified as Abdur Rahman 15, son of
Nur Kamal, Nur Nabi 25, son of Sukkur, Abadullah 15, son of Tanda Miah, Yaser
10, son of Zafar, Huzaifa 8, daughter of Zafar, Rofique 10, son of Zuhur
Ahamed, Bozu Miah 85, son of Yousuf Ali, Abu Taher 45, son of Bozu Miah, Hafsa
10, daughter of Abu Taher, Zanait Ullah 11, son of Abu Siddik, Nur Alam 55, son
of Abdur Rahman and Ali Ahamed 17, son of Gura Miah of various villages of
Maungdaw and Buthidaung.
According to Arakan Times correspondent report, hundreds
of Rohingya families from different villages stranded at the zero point of
Taungpyo are desperate to cross into Bangladesh to escape atrocities of Myanmar
armed forces.
They have been stuck at the no man’s land for months
since they neither can return to their homes nor cross into Bangladesh.
Therefore, they are facing acute food and other crisis at
the no man’s land. On January 25, some children including men went to collect
fire wood in the forest of Taungpyo where they were found by military and
beaten inhumanly.
Earlier, on 22 January, about 100 homes out of 400 which
remained un-burnt were torched to ashes by military although both the countries
have signed an agreement for repatriation of Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh.
It will be a human rights violation and inhumanity if the
persecuted Rohingyas are pushed into burning fire in Myanmar again before no
solution to the issue of Rohingya, said a Rohingya activist.