Description:
"A search and rescue
column of Tatmadaw
founded Police Constable
Sai Naing Aung near
Kyauktan village in Rakhine
State, according
to the report of Office of
Commander in Chief.
He was one of the
abductees taken AA
armed group on 26 October.
The police constable
and the released abductees
said that a Tatmadaw
officer purchased a
ticket for Shwenadi Watercraft
from Sittway to
Buthidaung, mentioning
his name and military
rank. The information
about a military officer
in the passengers was
released and AA armed
group stopped the vessel
near Yemyat village.
They called the
name of that military
officer and took him
and some passengers.
The AA members also
used three motorboats
to bring the remaining
passengers, heading to
Kyauktan village.
While some members
of AA group and
passengers were awaiting
vessels on the bank,
the five abductees, including
Police Constable
Sai Naing Aung, were
tied and shot by small
weapons before dropping
into water. The police
constable was flowing
in the water with a
gun injury before he was
found by the search and
rescue column of Tatmadaw.
Tatmadaw used
helicopters and ground
units to find the abductees,
and 15 of them have
been rescued until now.
Shwenadi Watercraft
line is under investigation
for the information
release about passengers
and the Tatmadaw
search and rescue columns
are finding more
abductees..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2019-10-29
Date of entry:
2019-10-29
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
Language:
English
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Format:
pdf
Size:
141.9 KB
Resource Type:
text
Text quality:
- Good
