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Focus on the Rohingyas, but also covers wider issues including the economic and human rights situation in Northern Arakan and Bangladesh-Burma relations.
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Kyauk Pru, January 28: "A Rohingya-Rakhine clash broke out in a town named Kyauk Pru of Arakan State on January 20, 2005, leaving the some injured from both sides, said a habitant of Kyauk Pru on condition of anonymity..."
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Maungdaw, Jan-13: "Seven members of Democratic Party of Arakan (DPA) re-entered Bangladesh on January 2, 2005 that surrendered to the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) troops on 21 December 2004, said Maung Ni from Maungdaw Town, Arakan State, Burma.
Some DPA members including 100 family members have surrendered to the SPDC troops, based in Platwa township of Chin State with 20 modern guns from Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, he more added..."
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Chittagong, Jan-07: "Bilateral treaty between Bangladesh and India become obstacles for recent agreement on trilateral MoU in Rangoon, Burma.
On 15th January 2005, the Bangladesh State Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources, AKM Mosharraf Hossain said on his return from the tri-nations energy meeting in Rangoon, ?Without following the bilateral treaty, we will not sign the trilateral one.”..."
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Cox? Bazar, January 12: "Bangladesh police chased two Burmese smugglers at Cox?s Bazar and nabbed them from a car recently, said Shukur who is working at Cox?s Bazar Court.
Police arrested smugglers are Zabir, 35 and Sallim, 32, both of them hailed from Shwe Zarr village under the Maungdaw Township of Arakan State. They were carrying medicines by a car from Teknaf (Bangladesh) to Chittagong through Cox?s Bazar town, he more added..."
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Chittagong, January 6: "The Burma Airways International (BAI) will spread wing to Japan early this year as its sixth destination of international flight, the local news journal 7-Day reported on December 29, 2004.
Negotiation on direct flight to Osaka or an indirect one via Hong Kong using MD-82 air craft is soon completed, the MAI sources was quoted as saying..."
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Dated: Wednesday, January 05, 2005:
"Arakan, Burma is extremely deprived of high level of illiteracy among the children as well as adults, said Hamid, who is studying in Malaysia University.
Most of the village tracts have at least one primary school (class 1 to 4). But remote areas? admission is weakened by distance and lack of communication during the rainy season. But, widespread poverty keeps many children have to leave school as they are compelled to support to their families. Most of the students have to give up their schools during the winter and summer seasons to provide helps to their parents in their croplands. Most of the parents send their children for religious education in Madrasa and Maqtab to learn Quarn in Arabic. Furthermore, teaching in primary schools is only conveyed in Burmese language, which most of the children cannot speak and understand, said an intellectual..."
Fayas Ahmed
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Chittagong, December 27: "A huge earthquake off northern Indonesia triggered giant tidal waves and flash floods across southern Asia also caused casualties in Burma yesterday, said a trader who crossed the border and was reluctant to give his name for his security.
Six men and four women were killed in the coastal town of Kawthaung, the southern side of Burma when a huge wave caused by earth quake collapsed the bridge while they were crossing it, according to Reuters, Rangoon..."
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REF: ST/06/2004.
"The Rohingya Youth Development Forum (RYDF) strongly protests the SPDC?s exporting of Arakan natural gas to India and the forthcoming energy ministerial meeting of three nations of Burma, Bangladesh and India to be held in Rangoon (Yangon) on 12-13 January 2005..."
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Cox?s Bazar, Dec 30: "
Today, a group of 10 Rohingya refugees from one family were repatriated to Burma again, said the UNHCR official from Cox?s Bazar office, Bangladesh, who decline to mention his name.
?It is a good symbol for the repatriation refugees. We hope that the repatriation process will be continued in future. It is first time repatriation after it was stalled in last August 9, 2004 after the repatriation of 7 members from 2 families, UNHCR official further said..."
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Cox?s Bazar Jan-1: "Two Rohingya Arakanese refugee girls were raped by local goons at nearby place of Nayapara camp under the Cox?s Bazar District, Bangladesh, said Ahmed, a refugee from the camp..."
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Chittagong, December 05: "The 3-day Biswa Ijtema ( world religious gathering) in the suburban town of Tongi about 30 km off Dhaka is set to end today with akheri munajat ( final prayer), said Tin Soe, Kaladan Press Staff, who participated the gathering.
More than 3 million people including President Iajuddin Ahamed, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and other cabinet members, and leader of the opposition Sheikh Hasina and other opposition leaders joined in the last prayer led by Maulana Jobayer Hasan of New Delhi at 11:50 am, he further added..."
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Chiang Mai, December 19: "Some Burmese opposition groups have completed a three-day seminar on ?Another Development for Burma” in Chiang Mai, Thailand today, according to Sadek who is participated the seminar..."
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Chittagong, November 26: "Bangladesh will sit with India and Burma in Rangoon in January 2004 to discuss cooperation in energy sector but exact agenda for the tripartite dialogue is not yet finalized, said State Minister for Energy Mosharraf Hossain of Bangladesh on 24th November 2004..."
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Chittagong, December 02: "The Biswa Ijtema (world religious gathering), a congregation of world Muslims organized by the Tablig Jammat, begins today at Tongi about 12 km north off the Dhaka, said Tin Soe, Kaladan Press Staff, who is a participant of the Ijtema.
It is the second largest congregation of Muslims next to Hajj on the planet and was being held regularly at the same place since 1966..."
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Chittagong, November 29: "Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed hope that Burma and Bangladesh will help India deal with the northeastern Indian insurgent outfits allegedly operating in those countries, said during his trip to Assam state that ended on Monday 22nd November, according to Pallab Bhattacharya from New Delhi.
?We?ve made separate representations to Burma and Bangladesh to provide us assistance in dealing with north-east based militant groups in those countries,” Singh told reporters in Assam?s capital Guwahati on the second day of his visit to the state..."
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Maungdaw, November 30: "The Military Intelligence (MI) and Nasaka (Burmese-Border Security Force) officials together with their collaborators are interrogated by the Tactical Operation Command (TOC) of Buthidaung, Arakan State, said a collaborator of MI who is barred from interrogation by TOC.
The officials of MI and Nasaka including their co-workers have been interrogated by the TOC for their illegal involvements in business deals after sacking of Prime Minister Khin Nyunt, he further continued..."
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Maungda, December 09: "Over 165 Rohingya University students were deprived of appearance in their supplementary examinations as they were denied issuing their travel documents to go to Sittwe by the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) authority, said a parent of a student of Maungdaw town who preferred not to mention his name because of security reason..."
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Chittagong, December, 20: "The Energy ministers of Bangladesh, India and Burma will meet in Burma on January 12 and 13 to discuss regional energy cooperation, including the possibility of implementing a transnational gas pipeline, reported by the ?The Daily Star” yesterday.
The possibility of implementing a transnational gas pipeline will also be discussed during the January 9-11 SAARC summit in Dhaka..."
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Chittagong, November 27: "The UNHCR is likely to review next month its stance on two Rohingya refugee camps in Cox?s Bazar to persuade the government to end the stalemate in negotiations over the fate of the remaining 20, 000 refugees, said Ashfaq Wares Khan from Dhaka on 26th November 2004.
The UNHCR wants to provide these refugees with work permit and freedom of movement beyond their two camps at Ukhia in Cox?s Bazar. But the government wants to confine the refugees to the camps and speed up their repatriation as a section of the Rohingyas is drifting into crime and other anti-social activities, he further added.
The UN body last year threatened to wind up its operations in Bangladesh over the disagreement..."
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Cox?s Bazar, December 06: "A team of UN High Commissioner of Refugees led by Asia-Pacific Director Janet Lim visited the two Rohingya Camps on 4th of December 2004, said a refugee leader when Kaladan Press asked him by telephone.
At first the delegation visited the Kutupalong refugee camp at about 10:00 am and left to Nayapara refugee camp at about 2:00 pm, the refugee leader further said..."
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Cox?s Bazar: December 04: "UNHCR?s Asia-Pacific Director Janet Lim will visit the refugee camps on the first week of this month, said a refugee leader from Kutupalong camp of Cox?s Bazar district, he did not mention his name for security reason.
She will visit the camps to observe the situation of the refugees and to decide about the two Rohingya refugee camps after a series of incidents against a UN staff in October led to a government crackdown on refugees on 18th and 19th of November 2004, officials said..."
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Thirteen Burmese Rohingya refugees died, over 100 wounded and more than a hundred refugees were arrested in a clash with Bangladeshi policemen on 18th and 19th November 2004, in the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox?s Bazar, said sources.
The clash was started when Muhammad Nurul Alam Chowdhury, the in charge of the camp, went to see the meeting with a fellow police officer with the cooperation of police and ansars. He found some of the Rohingya refugees holding a meeting against their forced repatriation to Burma. But, previously, he was informed by a Majee (a collaborator of camp officials) with some fabricated and false information about the meeting. In fact, after the meeting, the refugees seeking heavenly helps from God if they were forcibly repatriated to Burma and wish peacefully living in refugee camps in future. But, police raided the refugees and arrested the refugee leader Mohammad Ishaq"ue, also a schoolteacher and two others. The angry mob of the refugees tried to rescue the arrested persons from the police and then the clash was erupted between police and refugees said a refugee leader who is temporary outside the camp to avoid the arrest of police..."
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Cox?s Bazar, November 19: "At least five refugees were killed, over a hundred wounded and more than a hundred refugees were arrested in a violent clash between refugees and police at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya upazila, under Cox?s Bazar district yesterday, said a refugee leader who prefers not to mention his name.
The trouble erupted at about 9.30 am when about one hundred refugees are holding a meeting against their forced repatriation to Burma in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp, the refugee leader further said..."
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Mahngdaw Nov. 15, 2004: "Thousands of Muslim Rohingyas of Arakan celebrated their religious festival Eid-ul-Fitr today like Millions of Muslims in the world celebrated it after one month of fasting, reported by an elite Rohingya from inside Arakan on condition of anonymity..."
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Teknaf, November 12: "Unofficial makeshift Refugee camp of Teknaf was relocated completely to a new place, close to Dhomdomia BDR check post of Teknaf Town on 28th October 2004, according to Deen Mohammed, a leader of the refugee camp.
This unofficial camp was situated at Teknaf border town of Bangladesh close to Burma, set up on a private land after an army operation against illegal Rohingya immigrants in bordering areas in early 2003, he further added..."
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Date: November 4, 2004...
Chittagong, November 4, 2004: "There is a child on the east bank of a creek that follows to a river called Naf, which separated the two neighboring countries of Burma and Bangladesh. He is look like mud with muddy working at construction site of mud that know dam for shrimp cultivation (fishery damp).
The child only 12-years old named Zahid Ullah from the village of Taungbro left under Maungdaw Township (a bordering village closed to Bangladesh), Arakan State, Burma. He works heard but he can earn very little recompense from his service. He is an orphan and is compelled to work there as, he has no other alternative for his survival.
While asked, little Zahid said ?that my father was picked up by military before 4 years but he never come back to home again. I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers with my mother. I am the eldest son of the family. So, I work to earn money for my family members, while my mother works in neighboring houses for our survival. We had some lands that also seized by the Nasaka for new Buddhist settlers”.
Now, I am working for the construction of dam at shrimp cultivation site but I have no fix works to do. Earlier I was engaged for cowboy to some neighboring houses with recompense of 30 tins of rice paddy in a year. I would take care of cows, bulk and others for them but I was not exempted from other general works that they have in house. If I get any money by any means, working out side, I would pay it to my lord, as I am a full time (24-hours) employee of this lord..."
Md. Sadek
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Maungdaw, September 29: "The prices of essentials keep soaring in the Maungdaw market in Arakan State, western Burma, on short supply, threatening to make a dent on the purse of the middle and lower income group during the month of Ramadan, which is just a few weeks away, said a trader who has a shop at Maungdaw town.
All most all kinds of vegetables and essentials are selling higher price per kg against the prices before the recent weeks while the price of rice goes down significantly, he further added.
Traders and shopkeepers attribute the increase the price to dearth of supply as the new harvest will be reached at the market at least one month later..."
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Teknaf, October 23: "A group of Bangladeshi youth in Teknaf town made and attempt to destroy the unofficial Rohingya refugee camp on 19th October 2004, said Salim from the camp.
This unofficial camp is situated at Teknaf border town of Bangladesh close to Burma, was set up after an army operation against illegal Rohingya immigrants in bordering areas in early 2003.
On 8th October 2004, Teknaf local youths backed by some elderly people formed a committee named the ?Voluntary Committee for Illegal Rohingya Immigrants (VCIRI)” to drive out the refugees from Teknaf makeshift camp that consists of 40 local youths. The said committee forbids refugees to go out of the camp for works for their livelihood and watch the refugee camp by routine the whole day and night, he further added..."
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Maungdaw, October 02: "In first week September, a Rohingya couple, whose engagement was announced nearly one year ago, had to leave their homeland to marry in Bangladesh because of the marriage restriction in Arakan, said Abdul Jalil, the bridegroom..."
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Maungdaw, October11: "Nasaka (Burmese- Border Security Force) arrested a 3 -member of mosque committee for not complying the order of Nasaka to destroy a mosque of their village at Maungdaw Township in Arakan State, western Burma, a villager of this area said.
In the first week of September 2004, Col.Tun Tun Oo, the Commander of the Nasaka Sector No. 6 of Maungdaw Township ordered the villagers of Zun Baina to destroy the ancient mosque. But the villagers didn?t comply the order of the Nasaka, the villager further added.
So, the Nasaka arrested Zahir Ahmed, 56, son of Omor Abbas, Molvi Zakaria, 52, son of Lukman Hakim and Abul Khasim, 54, son of Tanda Meah on 25th September 2004 because of their leading role in not complying the Nasaka?s order. The victims all hail from Zun Baina village of Maungdaw Township. Afterwards, they were detained at the Nasaka camp, said another villager..."
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Maungdaw, October 18: "Nasaka forcibly extracts donation and labor from Rohingya villagers for construction of Buddhist pagoda and temple in Maungdaw township of Arakan State, western Burma, said a villager.
On June 2004, Nasaka (Border Security Force) authorities have newly established a Natala village (a model village) named Aung Thaya model village near Wabag village (Myaw Taung village) of Maungdaw north in Arakan State. It has 495 persons of 130 family including 242 male and 253 female members. Newcomers were brought in from Burma proper for this Natala village dotted with pagoda, monastery, and community center built with forced labor and forced donation of the Rohingyas, the villager further added..."
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Buthidaung, September 26: "Military Intelligence-18 (MI) personnel raped two Rohingya women of whom one was killed and the other one was sentenced to 20 years jail at Buthidaung Town, Arakan State, Burma, said a trader of Buthidaung town..."
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Monday, September 27, 2004:
"What is happening today did not previously exist. In the past, only the dull students who could afford tuition fees used to go to private tutors. Usually they were from well-to-do families. Generally the students did not require private tuition if they were regular to their classes and attentive to their school lessons. It was primarily because in those days the teachers were dedicated to their noble profession. They took special care in the studies and welfare of their students. They were proud of students? better results and improvement. They were not acquainted with the bad practice of cheating in teaching despite economic hardship with many of them. Today?s education system encourages private tuition by schoolteachers too. Private tutoring of school and college students for high tuition fees has become a common practice in Arakan State, Burma..."
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Teknaf, October 19: "Smuggling of WY named drug tablets is now increasing in Burma-Bangladesh border, a source in the law enforcement agency at Maungdaw said on condition of anonymity.
Smuggling syndicates on both sides of the Burma and Bangladesh border have recently increased their operations along the border and the WY drug tablets are smuggled into Bangladesh from Burma through the different border routes. At present, there is no bilateral cooperation between Burma and Bangladesh on repression of smuggling along the common porous border, the source further added.
Big syndicates of Burmese smuggling rings operate in amalgamation with the highest in the Burmese junta. Many corrupt officials on both sides of the border act as party to the illegal cross-border smuggling. The Burmese smuggling rings operate at Maungdaw and Sittwe in Arakan State in Western Burma close to Teknaf, Cox?s Bazar and Chittagong in Bangladesh, said a father of drug addict from Maungdaw town and who has relation with local Nasaka(Burmese- Border Security Force) authorities..."
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Chittagong, October 8: "Bangladesh gets champion in the five?nation competition today beating India 4-2 in the place?deciding match at the Maulana Bashani Stadium today, according to Bangla NTV of Bangladesh.
The U-21 International Hockey Tournament was organized by Bangladesh Hockey Federation, which was started on 30th September 2004..."
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"There was a cloud of misunderstanding between Bangladesh and Burma over a visit by a Bangladeshi Survey Engineering team that had to return home immediately for lack of response from Burma side, reported the ?The Daily Ajker Desh Bidesh” reported on 26thSeptember 2004.
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Maungdaw, October 14: "The Commander of the Western Command in Burma has ordered the villagers to move out of their village in western Burma, a village elder here said.
A group of high military and border security forces visiting Thet Khine Nyar Village on 6th October 14, 2004 inquired about the circumstances of the death of a junior military officer in the area. The team members also asked about the whereabouts of the gun possessed by the dead soldier. The western Commander, Major General Maung Oo in a heated speech ordered the villagers either to hand over the missing gun or face being forced out of the village, he further added..."
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Maungdaw, September 25: "The Nasaka and police are terrorizing the Rohingya people in the village of Thet Kaine Nyar (Shatkania) and its localities in northern Maungadw, Arakan State, said Sayed Alam, who recently crossed the border to Bangladesh.
The Nasaka troops and police started crackdown on the villagers on September 15 in retaliation for the death of a Nasaka Junior officer Rang Aung who had raped a young girl and injured a villager by gunshot, Sayed further continued..."
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Maungdaw, Sept. 21: "The young people in Arakan State of western Burma have now become increasingly addicted to smuggled illicit drug of Indian cough syrup ?Phensidyl”..."
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Cox? Bazar, Sept. 24: "Regional Commander level flag meeting was held between Burma-Bangladesh borders on 21st September 2004, said a participant in the meeting, who declined to mention his name.
Meeting took place at a guesthouse of Limosari under Naikhogchari poilice station of Bandarban district in Chittagong Hill Tract, Bangladesh, which is very close to Aungtha Pye Village Tract of Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, Burma, he further added..."
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Maungdaw, Sept. 19, 04: "Gold price continuously rising in local market and the local people fear the price for the first time in the country?s history may cross Kyat 2,30,000 in a Tical (1 Tical = 17.49 gm) within a few months, said a goldsmith from Maungdaw Town.
Local people attribute the price hike mainly to rising international prices coupled with the rising domestic demand. A Tical of gold now sells at Kyat 2,30,000 which was Kyat 1,80,000 only two weeks ago. The price of gold was only Kyat 1,70,000 per Tical in January 2002. In early 2003, the price crossed Kyat 1,80,000 and late 2003 it suppressed Kyat 2,90,000, he further said..."
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Cox?s Bazar, September: "The police-BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) in a joint raid seized 2,500 sacks of urea fertilizer in Cox?s Bazar district on 11th September 2004, night, said Alam from Cox?s Bazar.
They seized fertilizer from an engine boat anchored at Pookkhali Ghat (port) in Moheshkhali Island of Cox?s Bazar district that was en-route from Bangladesh to Sittwe (Akyab), Burma, said police of Cox? Bazar..."
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Teknaf, September 07: "Burma resumes its border transit point today with Bangladesh on Maungdaw-Teknaf borderline and other frontier points after 14 days apparently amid political tempers in Bangladesh triggered by the August grenade attack, said Sayed from Teknaf by telephone.
Today morning, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officials say Burma border security forces resumes the route without prior notice..."
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Cox?s Bazar, September 03: "Burma-Bangladesh Border became tension after eight Bangladeshi businessmen were pushed back to Bangladesh border by Burmese authorities from Burma border, according to our correspondent.
After pushing back eight Bangladeshi businessmen by Burmese authority on 24th August, the Burma?Bangladesh border has been closed so far. The reason behind is still unknown, the Daily Cox?s Bazar reported on August 25, 2004..."
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Buthidaung, September 16: "Nasaka forces confiscated about 315 acres of farmland and the villagers have to pay forced labor to grow paddy in the confiscated lands at Buthidaung Township of Arakan State, belonging to villagers for their own business purpose, said a villager of Panze.
In the first week of August 2004, by the order of Nasaka Sector Commander No. 9, the local Nasaka officials confiscated the farmland from villagers of Buthidaung north. Nasaka confiscated 200 acres from Kyaung Taung, 12 acres from Tin May and 103 acres from Ba Da Gar village tracts of Buthidaung Township, he further added..."
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Buthidaung, Sept 16, 04: "Recently a total of 9 mosques had been demolished while many more are about to destroy completely in Arakan, said Rashid (nicknamed), a villager of the locality of Ba Da Gar village tract in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State.
The Nasaka troops had forced the villagers into demolishing 9 mosques on 12 and 13 August that include 1 from Kinusi, 2 from Fatiya, 4 from Panze, 1 from Tanzama Dia and 1 from Nan Mraung villages, he further said.
Nasaka officials said, ? It is not necessary to have many mosques in one village, one big mosque is enough for prayers. Soon many mosques will be demolished.”..."
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Cox?s Bazar, September 04: "A Bangladeshi fisherman was abducted by Burmese-Border Security Force (Nasaka) from Naf River while he was fishing, according to our correspondent.
On August 24, 2004, the victim Shabir Ahamed, 32, son of late Kalu Meah of Ullo Bonia village of Whaikong union under the Cox?s Bazar district was abducted by Nasaka while fishing at the Naf River of Bangladesh water territorial boundary, according to the victim?s wife..."
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Maungdaw, Sept. 13: "Recently, Western Command Commander imposed sentry on Rohingya villagers to ensure the security of SPDC authorities in Northern Arakan.
Everyday, a number of 20 villagers are being engaged to stay in sentry posts in every village of Maungdaw Township since the end of August 2004 that was ordered in the first week of August 2004. Of them, 10 for daytime and another 10 for nighttime, while a section of Nasaka (Border Disciplinary Control Force) forces or military also have been patrolling and checking the sentries in every village at night. But, illagers have to provide food to the patrolling forces, said a villager from Maungdaw..."
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Maungdaw, Sept 12: "wo people including a Nasaka (Border Disciplinary Control Force) were killed over the rape of a teenaged Rohingya girl in Maungdaw Township in northern Arakan, Burma, according to the Nasaka officials..."
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Bandarban, August 31: "A leader of the Democratic Party of Arakan (DPA), a rebel organization of Arakan State, Burma surrendered to the security forces of Bangladesh, according to a local newspaper.
On 28th August 2004, the DPA leader, Ba Ohng Maung with his family surrendered to the security forces in Tarachha in Roangchhari upazila of Bandarban District of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh, the paper further added..."
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Maungdaw, August 28: "Military Intelligence (MI) extorted Kyat-3 crore (US Dollar 33, 333) from three Rohingya cattle traders of Maungdaw Township in Arakan State on June 30, 2004, according to our correspondent, inside Arakan..."
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Maungdaw, August 29: "On 12th August 2004, Nasaka(Burmese- Border Security Force) authorities declared forced labor is prohibited in Northern Arakan from August 12, 2004 to infinity, according to our correspondent.
But, the villagers of Fakira Bazar (Kha Moung Zeik), Shab Bazar(Ta Man Thar), Bawli Bazar( Kyein Chaung) of Maungdaw township in Arakan State, western Burma have been engaged in forced labor for construction of bridges, he further added..."
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Cox?s Bazar, August 26: "The member of Democratic Party of Arakan (DPA), Arakan insurgent group abducted a tribal Union Parishad (UP) member of Bangladesh from his house recently, a local people of Bandarban told our correspondent at Cox?s Bazar.
The victim was Jacob Tripura of Barathali Para in Ruma, Bandarban of Chittagong hill Tracts of Bangladesh, he further added..."
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Maungdaw, August 26: "Nasaka forces are taking forced labor for construction of model villages from Rohingya villagers of Maungdaw Township in Arakan State, western Burma, according to our correspondent inside Arakan.
Since June 10, 2004, the Nasak (Burmese- Border Security Force) has been taking forced labor from the Rohingya villagers of Maungdaw Township for constructing 120 houses at Wabag village nearby Nasaka Headquarters of Maungdaw Township, our correspondent further added..."
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Cox?s Bazar, August 25: "Nasaka (Burmese Border Security Force) abducted two Bangladesh nationals from inside Bangladesh land territorial boundary, according to our correspondent from border area.
On August 16, 2004, the Nasaka members entered the Bangladesh land territory and kidnapped two Bangladeshi woodcutters into Burma, reported by Ajker Desh Bidesh on 20th August 2004..."
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Maungdaw, August 23: "A Court of Maungdaw Town in Arakan State of western Burma on August 13, 2004, sentenced two Rohingya youths to 7-year imprisonment for alleging anti-government activities, according to our correspondent from Maung daw Town..."
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Cox?s bazaar, August 19: "Seven Rohingya refugees were sent to jail after they were arrested alleging in connection with terrorist?s activities and creating obstacles in refugee repatriation process while they were appearing before the magistrate?s court according to their fixed date for their previous cases, said an eyewitness from Cox?s Bazar.
The seven refugees were previously arrested in 2002 from Kutupalong refugee camp by alleging involvement in terrorist?s activities and creating obstacles in refugee repatriation process. After some months in the jail hazard, they got bail from the court with the cooperation of Camp- in-Charge of the refugee Camps and staying peacefully in their previous refugee camps. But they have to attend regularly to the Cox?s Bazar Court on the date of their cases, said a refugee from the camp, who declined to mention his name..."
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Date: 19th August 2004
"Rohingya People welcomes UN Secretary General Kofi Annan?s call on 17th August on Burma?s government to immediately release opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Gyi from house arrest and engagement in ?Substantive Dialogue” with NLD and other political parties.
We, the Arakan people of Burma express special thanks to UN Secretary for this initiative. It is hoped that the UN Secretary?s latest initiative will bring the standoff to an end among SPDC, NLD and other parties.
In a statement released on 17th August by the UN, the Secretary General believes that without National League for Democracy (NLD) and other political parties? participation, the ?National Convention” and the 7 points road map process will be incomplete and lacking in credibility..."
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Cox?s bazaar, August 18: "A local refugee repatriated committee from Ukhiya under the Cox?s Bazar district demanded to the Government to repatriate the Rohingya refugees as early as possible to their home, according to a local Daily Cox?s Bazar paper on 6th August 2004.
The said committee organized and held a meeting at Ukhiya Government Primary School on 5th August and discussed about the repatriation of Rohingya refugees and they demanded to the government to repatriate the refugee, paper further said..."
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Cox?s Bazar, August16: "Customs hope that tax will be decreased from Burma-Bangladesh border trade during current fiscal year---July 01, 2004 to June 30, 2005--- for barring foreign goods to enter Bangladesh from Burma- Bangladesh border except Burmese goods, according to Abul Kalam Azad from Teknaf.
At the beginning of August 2004, the Bangladesh government concerned authority asked the customs of Teknaf areas not to allow foreign goods to enter Teknaf points except Burmese goods, he further added...."
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Chittagong, August 13: "Rohingya youths observed the 5th International Youth Day through a discussion meeting at Chittagong, Bangladesh yesterday.
The meeting was organized by the Rohingya Youth Development Forum (RYDF) to strengthen the commitment of young people to increase opportunities for their participation in the society activities, said Jamil, a participant of the meeting..."
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Title: Additional Recommendation Suggested by the Participants of the Dhaka Seminar On 5th July 2004
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Chittagong, August 04: "A Seminar on the recent published Amnesty International Report on Rohingya Minority of Myanmar was at the VIP Lounge of National Press Club of Bangladesh on 5th July 2004.
Ignoring minor difference of opinions, participants in the Seminar supported and agreed to the Amnesty International report titled ?Myanmar: Rohingya Minority, Fundamental Rights Denied,” and the participants adopted all the recommendations made by Amnesty International, according to CDS-BLA-HRF Human Rights Campaign Program.
Participants further suggested to add the following Recommendations of the Seminar to the recommendations made by Amnesty International: ..."
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Chittagong, August 03: "A couple of bride and bridegroom have crossed the Burma-Bangladesh border after failing to get their marriage permission from the Nasaka (Burmese-Border Security Force) due to unable to manage bribe money, according to our correspondent from Teknaf..."
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Date: August 6, 2004: "Aids stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), which causes havoc on the human immunity system utterly destroys it and leads its victims to sure death. The first case was detected in the US in 1981.From then on the whole world is combating it. The global AIDS situation is very grim. This deadly disease affects a large proportion of our total world populations..."
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Date:04/08/04:
There are more "than 20,000 Rohingya refugees in two refugee camps of Kutupalong and Nayapra in Cox?s Bazar. They are living in shabby huts. A room of 12ft X 8ft is provided to each family, irrespective of its size. There are average 7 members in each family. It is socially uncomfortable, even socially wrong, to live so many people together in jam-packed. The living condition in the camps is not satisfactory, injurious to health.
The ration is distributed on weekly and monthly basis. 3kg of rice, 250 grams of edible oil, 250 grams of dal, 150 grams of sugar, 100 grams of salt, 250 grams of sugi (blended food) are distributed to each member of the family on weekly basis. 240 kgs of firewood, 3 pieces of soap, 1 litre of kerosene are distributed to each family on monthly basis. A piece of clothing is distributed to each member once a year, particularly on the occasion of Eidul-fitr (an annual festival after the month of Ramadan).
Rice is the main and only staple food for the refugees. They used to take it three times a day (breakfast, launch, dinner) and, therefore, the rice is not enough for most of the refugee families.
Healthcare is now left in the hand of Ministry of Health, Bangladesh (MOH). When it was entrusted with MSF refugees received enough care, but now they receive very little. There have been many complaints lodged by the inmates with the camp in charge about their not receiving medicine and proper treatment. Many refugees are reported to have been suffering now due to non-availability of the free medical treatment. Most of them are affected by malaria, TB, asthma, gastric, skin diseases. Children are vulnerable to pneumonia and other child diseases. Most of the women are affected by ill health with various diseases..."
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Chittagong, August 7: "On 19th July 2004, a religious teacher was sentenced for 7 years jail sentence for his absence from his house in western border of Burma, according to our correspondent..."
The victim was Moulvi Nurul Islam, 42, son of Moulvi Abdul Zaber hailed from Ywet Nyo Taung Para of Buthidaung Township in Arakan State, he further added.
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Chittaogong, August 8: "Rohingya organizations observe the 16th anniversary of 8888 anniversary of people democracy movement in Burma today.
Today, 8th August 2004, the Rohingya Youth Development Forum (RYDF), Arakan Human Rights Organization (AHRO) and many other Rohingyas in exile gathered in a discussion meeting in Chittagong to remark the 16th anniversary of 8888 democracy movement of Burma. Various leaders and elderly Rohingya delivered speeches at the meeting, said a participant of the meeting..."
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Teknaf, July 03: "Six Bangladeshi fishermen were detained in Maungdaw Town of Arakan State,Burma, according to our correspondent from Tekanf, according to our correspondent.
On June 17, 2004, five fishing trawlers of Bangladesh were sank in the Bay near Saint Martin Island due to storm and downpour while they were fishing in the Bay of Bengal. Two fishermen were killed while 7 other fishermen reached the shore of Arakan coast, Burma by swimming, he further said..."
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Teknaf, July 17, 2004: "Bangladesh has earned revenue over Taka 53 crores (US$ 8.94 million) from Burma-Bangladesh border trade (Teknaf) within 12 months, according to a local the Daily Ajker Desh Bedesh..."
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Chittagong, July 06: "Bangladesh Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Barrister Maudud Ahmed called for a logical solution of Rohingya problem through negotiation yesterday, according to Staff Correspondent.
He was addressing in the seminar that was jointly organized by Centers for Development Studies, Bandhujana Lawyers Association and Human Rights Forum to put forward recommendations based on Amnesty International report on ?Myanmar: The Rohingya Minority Fundamental Rights Denied,” as a chief gust at the National Press Club, Dhaka..."
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Cox?s Bazar, July 29: "Bangladesh police seized a cargo boat carrying fertilizer that en-route to Burma on 24th July 2004, according to a reporter of Kaladan Press named Sayed Noor.
The cargo boat was captured at Bay of Bengal nearby Barkali River mouth while it was its way to Burma from Islampur Jetty of Cox?s Bazar .The boat was traversing at midnight towards Burma with 7 crewmen and it carried about 22,000 bags of fertilizer worth Tk. 5 million including cargo boat, he further added quoting from a local newspaper.
Since the Burma government production of fertilizer has not been able to cover the domestic demands, the sea-smuggling trade of fertilizer from Bangladesh is blooming..."
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Chittagong, July 28: "Bangladesh and Myanmar signed a coastal shipping service agreement in Rangon on Monday to increase trading between the two countries, according to The Daily Star of today..."
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Teknaf, July 15: "Bangladeshi farmers, especially Bangladesh-Burma border areas are
facing scarcity of urea fertilizer for smuggling to Burma, according to our correspondent.
Burma depends on the fertilizer of Bangladesh because of the rate of the fertilizer is very high in Burma. So, the smugglers of border areas, hoping to get high price in Burma, they smuggled fertilizer to Burma at night after bribing Taka 20 per bag to BDR (Bangladesh Rifles), he further added..."
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Chittagong, August 01: "Asian leaders representing 1.3 billion people closed their first ever summit yesterday with a united call for joint economic action, according to the Daily Star of today.
The two-day meeting in Bangkok was the first for leaders since the groups was launched seven years ago, with its short history marked by slow progress towards a free trade deal.
Despite the criticism, the leaders remained bullish about the trade potential through BIMSTEC, designed as a bridge between south Asia and Southeast Asia.
Trade within the group is worth just 3.7 billion dollars, or four percent of their total trade..."
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Chittagong, July 31: "A BIMST-EC (Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Economic Cooperation) summit was held in Bangkok yesterday and is set to be renamed it ? Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation” (BIMSTEC), according to the ? The Daily Star”..."
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Chittagong, July 24: "A third bridge would be built on the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong and it will be connected with the proposed road to Rangoon, capital of Burma, Commerce Minister Altaf Hussain Chowdhury said on July 20, 2004 while addressing a view exchange meeting with leaders Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry..."
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Maungdawa, July 27: "Nasaka (Burmese-Border Security Force) authorities are busy with bridges construction by forced labor in Maungdaw north, Arakan State, western Burma Border, according to a local villager of Bawli Bazar of Maungdaw Township.
Since 3rd week of June 2004, about 500 indigeneous Rohingyas (Arakanese) from different villages of Maungdaw north have been engaged with the construction of bridges on the road, which is connecting from Ye Aung Tha Phwai (Rani) to Kyien Chaung (Bawli Bazar) road, he further said.
The villagers were ordered by Nasaka that the bridges should be completed by the end of August 2004, while the 5 large and other culverts are being constructed of cements, stones, wood and other materials, a youth from Rani village while he visited his relatives in border area told our source..."
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Teknaf, July 6: "Nasaka (Burmese Border Security Force) handed over six Bangladeshi detainees to Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday morning at Maungdaw Township in Arakan State..."
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Chittagong, July 25, 2004: "Bangladesh Commerce Minister Altaf Hossain Choudhury leaves here for Rangoon today to attend a meeting of the Burma-Bangladesh Joint Commission tomorrow accompanied by a six-member delegation, according to BSS, a Bangladeshi News Agency.
Bangladesh ambassador to Burma ABM Rahim, president of Burma-Bangladesh Joint Business Council Rashed Maksud Khan and its Vice President Syed Mahmudul Haq are in the delegation team..."
The one-day meeting will review Dhaka-Rangoon trade ties and seek to find ways and means to further enhance bilateral trade. Two agreements may be signed on the occasion, the first one aimed to make operational the account trade between the two countries. The second agreement may be on putting into service the coastal shipping service between the two countries.
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2004-07-25
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Chittagong, August 01: "The eight-member Chinese delegation headed by Shao Qiwei, vice-governor of Yunan, arrived in Dhaka earlier in the day to expend trade and to open the direct link between Bangladesh and Yunun Province of China, via Burma, according to the report of the Daily Star of Bangladesh...The road link will connect Bangladesh with China?s southwestern Yunun Province, which is the closest in proximity between the two countries..."
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Teknaf, July 13: "The Bangladeshi fishermen throughout the coastal belt of Cox?s Bazar district and the fishermen of the western bank of the Naf river fell frightened about the dominant of Bay of Bengal by Nasaka (Burmese-Border Security Force) and pirates, according to our correspondent..."
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Chittagong, July30: "According to the invitation of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt flies off to Bangkok today morning to attend the first summit of the BIMST-EC (Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), and Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic Cooperation, according to Burmese news..."
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Maungdaw, July 30: "Increasing of model villages (Natala village) in northern Arakan by new settlers of Bangladeshi Buddhist minorities and Burmese from proper Burma, according to our sources from inside Arakan..."
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Chittagong, July 28: "India and Burma in New Delhi on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) to develop the Burma Railways according to the Times of India yesterday... As per the agreement, India will make available a Line of Credit of 56.385 million USD to Myanmar for augmenting its railways..."
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Chittagong, July 28: "India and Burma in New Delhi on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) to develop the Burma Railways according to the Times of India yesterday... As per the agreement, India will make available a Line of Credit of 56.385 million USD to Myanmar for augmenting its railways..."
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Chittagong, July 19: "Japan is to provide 344 million yen (3.1 million dollars) in aid to help Burma battle environmental deprivation, regardless of the ongoing detention of opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, according to Myanmar Times..."
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Maungdaw, July 20: "Nasaka issued an ultimatum to the Rohingya villagers whether to pay Kyats 500,000 per house or to demolish their tin roofed houses in Maungdaw Township, northern Arakan State of Burma, according to our correspondent, in side Arakan..."
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Taungbro, July 03: "Nasaka (Border Security Force of Burma) ordered to the villagers to destroy an ancient mosque at the bordering village of Taungbro Right under the Maungdaw Township in Arakan State, Western Burma, according to our correspondent..."
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Cox?s bazaar, July 21:" Nine Bangladeshi woodcutters were sentenced to a 3-year imprisonment by a law court in Burma on July 7, 2004, according to our correspondent..."
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Chittagong, July 12: "Four illegal foreign workers including a Burmese drowned and another died from a heart attack when they tried to flee from a police raid in northern Malaysia, a news report said on 10th July..."
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Cox?s Bazar, July 22: "On 15th July 2004, police of detective branch seized 35 thousand of Burmese made polythene bags and 50 longies from Bus-Terminal of Cox?s Bazar, according to our correspondent.
These goods were carried by smugglers from Burma by putting them in plastic drums and its were covered with shrimps to avoid the customs? arrest. But, the shrimps are allowed to sell in Bangladesh, he further added..."
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Cox?s Bazar, July 14: "A refugee was arrested from Kutupalong refugee camp by police and detained in Ukhiya police station under Cox?s Bazar District today accusing him as a terrorist, said a refugee from Kutupalong refugee camp..."
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Buthidaung, July 5: "A religious teacher was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment for suspected involvement in human trafficking by the Court of Buthidaung, on 23th June 2004, according to our correspondent..."
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Maungdaw, July 22: "A Rohingya (Arakanese) was beaten to death by Nasaka (Burmese- Border Security Force) for forced labor on 15th July 2004 in Maungdaw north, Arakan State of Burma, said a villager from the village.
Victim, Abdus Salam, (50), hails from Hlaing Thi village tract of Mangdaw Township, Arakan State of Burma. He was engaged for forced labor in construction of a bridge over the Laya Chaung (creek) accompanied by other villagers. In one stage, he was taking rest as he became very tired in carrying of heavy stones from hillsides to the constructing bridge for a long time. The bridge has been constructing with wood and stones, he more added..."
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2004-07-22
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Ukhiya, July 29: "Bangladesh police arrested a young man from a bordering village of Bangladesh suspecting of SPDC?s spy on July 26, 2004, according to our correspondent..."
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Chittagong, August 1: "On July 29, 2004, Bangladesh Navy seized 24,000 sacks of fertilizer worth Tk. one crore 8 million while seven engine boats en-route to Burma, on the Bay of Bengal near Bhola Channel, according to the local news paper.
Acting on a tip of, Naval personnel challenged the boats carrying the fertilizer near Char Tajmuddin, and they chased the smuggling boats and seized all of them..."
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Teknaf, Jul 4: "Two Rohingya refugee girls were gang raped by Bangladeshi local goons at Teknaf, a border town of Bangladesh, according to our correspondent..."
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Naikongchari, May 27: "Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) arrested eight new arrivals Rohingya from Bangladesh-Burma border, accusing them illegal refugees, according to our correspondent..."
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Teknaf, May 27: "Recently, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) destroyed about 100 huts of unofficial Rohingya refugees at Teknaf, who have been living among the Bengali villages, according to our source..."
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Teknaf, June 21: "Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) seized a trawler of hilsa fish with some Burmese currency, in Teknaf, a border town of Bangladesh on 18th June 2004, according to our correspondent from Teknaf..."
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