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This news service covers Bangladesh-Burma relations, the Bangladesh-Burma border, events in Arakan and occasional reports on other parts of Burma. Email delivery of the reports may be requested from [email protected]
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Akyab, May 16:
"Educational certificates on Buddhist literature classes for monks can be bought with a substantial amount of money in Arakan State, a western province of Burma.
Certificates are issued to monks who passed the exams set up by the Government Religious Affairs Department. However, these certificates can be purchased by paying money to the head of the State branch of the Department..."
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Cox?s Bazar, April 27:
"The first Rakhaing modern Music album by Bangladesh-Rakhaing from Cox?s Bazar in Bangladesh was released on April 5th, 2005.
The album was produced by the Bangladesh Rakhaing Music Production Group (BRMP Group). The album (Hnoon Khree Song: Winter that makes the snow falls) was the endeavor of the Rakhaing band ?Metal Cross” under the leadership of Kyaw Nyine, who is also one of the three vocalists, Kyaw Nyine, Than Oo Kyaw and Mum Saw Mon..."
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2005-04-27
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Akyab, May 8:
"The military junta in Arakan, the western state of Burma, has increased security measures after a deadly bomb blast in Rangoon, the Capital of Burma.
There have been three bomb blasts in the capital of Rangoon resulting in several deaths and injuries. This new situation has resulted in the increase of military presence in Akyab and major towns in Arakan..."
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Akyab, May 5:
"The ousted Burmese Prime Minister Khin Nyunt's portraits were pulled down by authorities from all the Buddhist temples and monasteries in Arakan, said a well-known Gopaka member, a pagoda trustee from Akyab.
"The local authority ordered us to pull down all the portraits of the former Prime Minister, Khin Nyunt, from Lokanada Pagoda and said to replace it with the newly appointed Prime Minister Soe Win's portraits", he said..."
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2005-05-05
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Maungdaw, June 1:
"Nasaka, or Border Security Force, in Arakan state, was reformed recently along with 60 senior officials and 1850 junior level officials in the number 9 administrative region including 25 camps in Arakan state, according to a report of Nasaka department.
The reformation is intended to reunify Nasaka officials. Nasaka officials have been in disarray since the dismissal of 100 officials last year..."
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2005-06-01
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Cox?s Bazar, May 30:
"Two commander level officials from Nasaka, Border Security force of Burma and Bangladesh Rifle held a day long talk in a border town of Bangladesh recently, according to border sources..."
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2005-05-30
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Cox?s Bazar, April 30:
"Vice President of National United Party of Arakan (NUPA) and veteran politician of Arakan, Oo Ba Soe Aung, died yesterday at Cox?sbazar general hospital in Bangladesh aged 58.
Doctors declared him dead at 4:15 pm after all medical treatment had been exhausted. Oo Ba Soe Aung was suffering from the symptoms of paralysis, and died as a result of his disease..."
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2005-04-30
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Dhaka, May 9:
"Ethnic insurgent groups and exiled opposition groups strongly denied any role in Saturday?s bomb blast in Rangoon via Burmese radio programs based overseas.
In a junta radio announcement the junta blamed four groups for the bomb blast, accusing of them of wanting to destabilize Burma. Last Saturday, Rangoon witnessed three bomb blasts that resulted in at least 11 dead and 162 injured.
KNU, KNPP, SSA (South) and NCGUB are the organizations that are being accused of involvement in the bomb blasts..."
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2005-05-09
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Maungdaw, May 27, 2005:
"The price of rice has gone up recently in Arakan, due to the authorities placing a temporary ban on the milling of rice around Arakan state, said a farmer.
The ban and price-hike has most severely affected the poorer people throughout the state, particularly day laborers and those living along the border.
According to a local rice mill owner from Kyauk Taw, the local authority from the agricultural department has not allowed rice grinding by any rice mills in Arakan state since April, in order to maintain government control of rice production..."
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2005-05-27
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Dhaka, April 25:
"Rakhaing Womens Union (RWU) extended its activities in the United States by forming a USA branch, according to a RWU press statement dated 23 April 2005.
The president of RWU, Saw Mra Raza Lunn, said that the American branch has been formed to unite Rakhaing women under a single banner of womanhood. The goal of this is to work hand in hand with Rakhaing men to save Rakhaing who are underdeveloped in every aspect of life..."
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2005-04-25
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"We, the members of the Central Committee of NUPA and the senior Commanders of Arakan Army, held a meeting from 2 to 8 of May 2005 and unanimously agreed to recognize and support in principle on the declaration of Shan States independence by the Shan elders on 17 April 2005. We agreed that historically they have legitimate right to declare independence of Shan States to protect their land and their people from the danger of extinction. Why? ..."
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2005-05-10
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Maungdaw, May 17:
"One man was killed and three were arrested by the Burmese army during a robbery in northern Arakan state on 7 May, said an official source.
The man was killed when a 12 member robbery gang, holding some sophisticated arms, robbed a house in Thik Tonar- Kwasoom village under Maung Daw Township. The deceased was identified as Ei Nurl, 35, from the nearby village of Owe Thain..."
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2005-05-17
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Dhaka, April 29:
"A Burmese militant student group, known as the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors? (VBSW), denounced the bomb blast of Mandalay Zaycho in its internet media release that was issued on 27 April.
The bomb blast occurred on the ground floor of Zaycho, the main market in Mandalay, on 26 April, 2005, killing two people and seriously injuring at least 15 others..."
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2005-04-29
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Cox's Bazaar, May 30, 2005:
"A young Rakhaing woman aged 22 was arrested holding 5 grams of heroin by the Narcotics Department in Cox's Bazaar, the southernmost district town of Bangladesh near the Burmese border, on 28 May, according to a local townsperson.
She was caught red-handed when narcotics officers raided the woman's house during the day..."
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2005-05-30
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Cox'sbazar, April 8:
"4 Bangladeshi woodcutters were abducted by the Burmese Army from deep forest on the Burma-Bangladesh border on April 4th, said a local headman from the area..."
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2005-04-08
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Cox's Bazar, March 25:
"6 Burmese Muslims, known as Rohingya, were arrested by Bangladeshi police while attempting to enter Bangladesh through a border pass, said a recent police report..."
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2005-03-25
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BKK, April 6:
"Many Arakanese Migrant workers employed by Thai fishing companies are now finding their survival under threat as they have been sacked from their jobs following the petrol crisis in Thailand.
An Arakanese fisherman, employed at a company in Chumphon, said ?Yes, it is true that the fishery workers are being dismissed from their jobs because many Thai fishing trawlers have been forced to stop their work at present. This is due to the increase in petrol prices which mean that they can?t afford the fuel.”
The fishery companies have therefore sacked a number of fishery workers, especially those who were working on fishing trawlers as they have been hit particularly hard by the crisis in the fishery sector..."
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2005-04-06
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Akyab, April 11:
"The Arakanese new year festival, Thun Gram, will be held on April 17th, and the entire Arakanese population of the Arakan state and Burma proper, as well as Bangladesh, are preparing to celebrate..."
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2005-04-11
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Platwa, April 8:
"Local Burmese army personnel have ordered cultivators of slash and burn practices to pay tax at the Platwa army battalion headquarters if they want to cultivate in the surrounding hill areas, said a local tribal leader.
Platwa Township lies in the southern part of Chin State, close to Arakan. It is an area of Burma containing diverse ethnic groups, including Arakanese, Chin, Khami, Mro, Mru and Lingray. Slash and burn is a traditional practice of these ethnic groups..."
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2005-04-08
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Dhaka, March 31:
"The upcoming exchange of prisoners between the two neighboring countries of Burma and Bangladesh was postponed from 12 March to an unknown date, said a local official in Cox's Bazaar.
He did not, however, want to reveal the reason behind the postponement after the two neighboring countries agreed on the 12 March exchange.
According to a press release of the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry before 12 March, the Burmese authority is to soon release 75 Bangladeshi prisoners from several jails in Burma..."
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2005-03-31
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Dhaka, April 4:
A guerrilla group from Burma is suspected in the kidnapping of 5 Bangladeshis from a work site in the Bandaban district town of Bangladesh during the early hours of April 2, reported local sources.
"According to an official source, up to eight criminals abducted the five at gunpoint from a labour shed in Bangchhari, 15 km from the Roangchhari Township's headquarters in Bandaban Hill district..."
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2005-04-04
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Dhaka, March 29, 2005:
"Burmese task forced team handed over the report of land acquisition and final alignment design of Burma-Bangladesh Friendship Road Link to Communication Minister of Bangladesh in the Communication Ministry office of Dhaka yesterday, according to a report of BD news service..."
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2005-03-29
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Mrauk Oo, April 14:
"Forced labor in Arakan state is now again increasing, having taken place in several areas of Arakan state, including Mrauk Oo, an ancient Arakanese city, said a well-know local person.
?A few months ago there was no forced labor here, and the problem had almost disappeared in Mrauk Oo. But now the authorities are again perpetrating forced labor around the Maruk Oo town", he said.
The authorities have summoned town people, through the local Rayaka village administration, to work in the hills surrounding Mrauk Oo, forcing them to clear thick clumps of bushes and cut down trees..."
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2005-04-14
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Akyab, April 13"
"An Arakan State court in Akyab convicted and sentenced Bri-Gan Aung Ngwe, former a commander in charge of Arakan state
Nasaka, to imprisonment for 67 years, on April 7, said a lawyer from a state court of Akyab..."
The court also sentenced the Deputy Commander of Nasaka, Colonel Myint Oo, to 135 years imprisonment and another 3 Burmese Muslim businessmen to 49 years imprisonment.
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2005-04-13
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Taknef, April 11:
"A Burmese sailor from a Burmese-owned cargo ship sunk to his death in Bangladesh on April 8th, said a local report from the border area..."
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2005-04-11
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Dhaka, April 21:
"Sea pirates from Burma and Thailand have long been engaging in the looting of marine fisheries in Bangladeshi waters in the Bay of Bengal via illegally intruding with the use of modern fishing trawlers and fishing boats.
The pirates steel no less than 800 to 1000 million Taka worth of goods from marine fisheries in the Bay of Bengal each year, noted a report in The Daily Star..."
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2005-04-21
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Akyab, March 29:
"Prisoners in the police detention center of Akyab do not receive enough food every day from the police department because of a lack of financial support by the authorities, said a former prisoner who was recently released from Akyab police detention center.
As the food and water in the police detention center is inadequate, the prisoners have to get food and water from outside the jail by offering bribes to the police officers.
"In the police detention center of Akyab there is not enough food and water for prisoners. Therefore we had to get food and water from outside. My family has to give 500 Burmese kyat to police officers for food and 200 kyat for a bath whenever they bring food and water for me," he explained..."
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2005-03-29
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Dhaka, April 4:
"Burma has proposed that Bangladesh hold a tri-nation committee meeting concerning the Burma-Bangladesh-India gas pipeline in Dhaka on April 20-21, reported a Bangladesh news agency.
The meeting is intended to lead to the signing of a deal enabling the construction of a gas pipeline that would cross from Burma's Arakan state through Bangladeshi territory to India?s west Bengal state of Calcutta..."
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Dhaka, April 2, 2005:
"Members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on March 28 and 29 arrested three Burmese nationals for their illegal intrusion in Bangladesh territory in Bandarban district, a hill tract district town of Bangladesh, bordering with Burma..."
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Cox's Bazar, April 11:
"Two Bangladeshi Arakanese women were arrested by police in Cox'sbazar, a southern district town of Bangladesh near Burma, for heroin-dealing. The arrest occurred on April 7th, reported a Cox'sbazar-based Bangali newspaper..."
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2005-04-11
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Dhaka, March 23:
"100,000 metric tons of Bangladeshi made fertilizers were smuggled to Burma from Bangladesh by local smuggling syndicates within last two and half months, said a report of the Bangali newspaper, The Jugantor on 16 March.
Bangladeshi farmers are now suffering from shortages of fertilizers because of the mass amounts smuggled from their country this last year..."
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2005-03-23
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Cox's Bazar, March 11:
"The Bangladeshi authority is now looking closely at the number of Burmese immigrants living in the southern districts that border Burma, said a local source.
"The authorities ask us to collect the numbers of Burmese nationals who are living in our village, the list of the persons who have matrimonial ties with the locals and the period of their settlements here," said a member of the village governing body of Bwaidaw Para Village in Ramu Township, Cox?sbazar District, Bangladesh.
Similarly, the local armies have already called on the head or chairman of the villages in the townships of Lama and Alae khongdong, asking for the immediate reports on any foreigners staying in the area and the lists of Burmese immigrants, detailing their matrimonial relations with the locals..."
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2005-03-11
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Rambree, March 8:
"In Arakan State's Rambree Island, a number of families who traditionally make a living by drilling oil by hand, find there livelihood threatened as the authorities have occupied their oil fields for use by a Chinese company, said a businessman from Akyab.
They face big trouble because the Burmese authorities have prohibited the local oil drillers from drilling oil from their own fields since the Chinese oil company has been allowed to explore oil in the area, said one local oil driller.
Now the Chinese company is preparing to drill oil in the fields but they are not offering any compensation for the landowners, said several people from Rambree Town, situated in middle of the island..."
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Dhaka, March 10:
"Bangladesh recently formed an inter-ministerial committee to finalize conditions for India on the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline, which will run from Burma to India through Bangladesh.
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has approved the committee will be comprised of three departmental officials from the committee from Energy Division, the Power Division, as well as the Ministry of Commerce, a repot of Energy ministry.
The committee was approved by the Bangladesh PM after sending the proposal on to PM Khaleda Zia last week..."
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2005-03-10
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Cox's Bazar, March 5:
"According to Cox's Bazar jail authorities, 115 Burmese prisoners in a Bangladeshi jail will be sent back to Burma on 12 March, after negotiation between two the neighboring countries.
The Burmese prisoners have been gathered in the Cox's Bazar jail, a border town on the Bangladeshi side, for the last couple of months in preparation for returning them back to their homeland.
There are currently about 172 Burmese prisoners in the Cox's Bazar jail, sent from several jails by the Bangladesh authority, waiting to be repatriated to Burma, however the Burmese government has agreed to accept only 115 Burmese prisoners in the first batch..."
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2005-03-05
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Dhaka, March 17:
"Burmese refugees in Bangladesh who are recognized by the UNHCR as urban
refugees are left feeling anxious after inquiries by Bangladeshi intelligence, said a Burmese refugee who is staying at Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh.
?In the last two days, two intelligent (sic) officers came to my house and asked us several questions but the officers did not reveal why they came to my house”, said the refugee..."
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2005-03-17
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Dhaka, March 14:
"Over 160 Chin refugees from Western Burma currently taking shelter in Bangladesh, find many difficulties there as there are no humanitarian organizations or NGOs to protect their rights and assist in their welfare, said one refugee.
?According to our current record we have collected from the villages in Bandarban District in Southern Bangladesh, there are 160 Chin people who have fled from Burma to avoid persecution and human rights violations by the military junta and there may be more Chin people in other places in Bangladesh,” said Ko Pa Khin..."
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2005-03-14
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Akyab, March 10:
"There were not any Arakanese politicians among the recently released prisoners by the Burma military authority, according to a politician From Akyab.
There are at lease 25 Arakanese political prisoners in several jails in Burma and among them, some have been held for more than 20 years..."
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Akyab, March 4:
"Some Arakan State labor camp prisoners are being forced to work at a number of shrimp farms as unpaid day laborers, said one prisoner?s father, under anonymity.
The labor camp in question is situated in a remote area near Sabyin Village of MyeBon Township, under Kyauk Pru District in the Arakan State of Burma.
The authorities of the Akyab jail often send their prisoners to the labor camp near the end of their jail term..."
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Bandarban, March 17:
"Bangladesh?s army has been involved in operations to destroy poppy cultivations along the Bangladesh-Burma border since 9 March, said border sources.
?As far as I know, the operations are still going on and a number of poppy cultivations were destroyed by the army in recent days,” said a villager from Borow Moduck, a village nearby operation..."
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Chittagong, March 21:
"A veteran Arakanese nationalist leader, a Patron of the National United Party of Arakan (NUPA), U Maung Sein Nyunt passed away at 3.30 am on 21 March at Herabang Rakhaing Village, near Chittagong in Bangladesh.
U Maung Sein Nyunt was native of Rambree, Arakan state, Burma and had been active in Arakanese nationalist politics since before the Burmese independence in 1948..."
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Akyab, Feb 28:
"27 Muslims were arrested by Akyab police, along with a trafficking gang, while
they were preparing to depart to Malaysia by motor boat, said a police report.
The incident took place in the middle of the night, on 24 February, when
police arrested them in the Than Ban Chaung Creek, near the Akyab main post
office..."
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Akyab, March 3:
"An Akyab seaport jetty, a main port jetty of Arakan State, is still in need of
repair since it was damaged by last year's May 19 cyclone as the government
has neglected to repair it, said a businessmen from Akyab.
U Kyaw, a prominent businessman, said yesterday that there has been enough
time to rebuild the jetty, since the incident took place 10 months ago, but so
far the government does not have any plan to rebuild it..."
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Akyab, March 1:
"A group of Arakanese patriots spoke out against the Burmese military junta by
posting anti-government posters on a street wall, the night of 17 Feb, said
one shop owner from the Akyab central market.
The posters demanded that the invading Burmese forces leave Arakan State, that
they stop the National Convention, and that they cease the foreign sales of
Arakan gas..."
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Dhaka, March 3:
According to a recent report of Jane's Intelligence Review (JIR), a leading
world magazine, an arms cache seized last year in Chittagong seaport was
shipped from Hong Kong, where more weapons were added to the collection , then
shipped on to Singapore before being brought to Bangladesh.
The JIR report said the shipment involved two key insurgent groups from
northeast India; the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) the Nationalist
Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), the Isak Muivah Faction..."
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Akyab, February 16:
"5 businessmen were released on bail after they had been arrested with a Nasaka commander last month.
"Yes, they are now free, but they are on bail," said a relative of one of the men. He didn't, however, divulge the amount of the bail.
The businessmen were released from the Akyab Jail on 12 February..."
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Dhaka, February 26:
"At least 5 people from the Arakan League for Democracy-Exile (ALD) held a demonstration against Burma?s Foreign Minister Nyan Win?s visit to Bangladesh in front of the Bangladesh high court, close to Bangladesh foreign ministry office, on 24 Feb.
The demonstrators held signboards and banners denouncing Nyan Win?s trip to
Bangladesh and their displeasure in Burma?s upcoming national convention..."
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Dhaka, Feb 17:
"Burma Military Government Foreign Minister (FM) Nyan Win will come to Dhaka on 24 February, said a report.
During his days in Bangladesh he is giving final endorsement to the project of the proposed road line between Rangoon and Dhaka..."
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Dhaka, Feb 26:
"Burma?s Foreign Minister Nyan Win is the first diplomat to visit Bangladesh since the ousting of former Prime Minister Gen Khin Nyunt, who is now under house arrest.
Nyan Win began a three day official visit to Bangladesh yesterday, accompanied by a number of Burma?s military officials, including the Political Department and Assistant Director of the Southwest Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burma, said a Bangladesh official report..."
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Akyab, February 16:
"The drilling of gas is expected to begin in the very near future, said a hotel owner.
Two choppers and one small aircraft from a drilling company have recently been seen flying in the area of Akyab, the capital of Arakan State.
According to sources, one driller ship is now anchored in the sea near Farongar Island, 30 miles southwest of Akyab, where there is a Block-A gas field..."
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Akyab, February 22:
"The Chairman of Ponna Kyunt Township Administration, Wai Myo Khaing ordered owners of rice mills and well known rice traders from Ponna Kyunt, a town 16 miles north of Akyab, to buy rice from farmers using a credit system, said one rice mill owner.
The rice purchases in Ponna Kyunt are for army rations and total 60,000 Tinn (150,000 baskets), the target amount of Ponna Kyunt Townshipthat will be bought in this paddy season. The authority is buying the rice from the farmers with credit instead of paying for it up front..."
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Akyab, February 15:
"200 prisoners from the Akyab prison were sent to Mawlamyine, a capital of Mon
State, by Burma?s authority on 30 January, according to a relative of a
prisoner..."
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Dhaka, February 13: "In a press conference at the Dhaka press club yesterday, the Vice president of
the Arakan League for Democracy-Exile (ALD) urged the people of Burma to join
together in the opposition of the SPDC sponsored National Convention (NC),
which will resume on 17 February.
U San Hla Pru, Vice president of the ALD, said a new constitution drawn by the
military government would not develop any political affairs of Burma?s future.
He said that people need to understand why the SPDC is holding the National
Convention without any political parties and leaders, and that people should
together react against such a sham of a convention..."
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Gwa, February 6:
"Two private police were critically wounded after a
clash with army personnel, in Gwa Township, in
southern Arakan State, said a police source.
The victims were identified as Constable San Aye and
Ko Ko Aung, both of which are now in a local hospital.
A group of army personnel attacked a police compound
with sticks and stones in Gwa on the night of January
30th..."
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Cox's Bazar, January 1:
"54 Burmese Muslims were arrested by the Bangladesh
Rifle (BDR) in a border town of Bangladesh on Tuesday,
said a report in Cox's Bazaar Base?s Bangle newspaper,
The Daily Ajker Desh Bidesh, on 28 January.
According to local sources, BDR arrested the 54 while
they were trying to cross a border pass near the Marit
Tha BDR outpost, under the Okia Township of the Cox's
Bazaar District, to enter Bangladesh.
The group came from Arakan State, Burma but their
names and addresses were not disclosed in the paper..."
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Taknef, February 4:
"At least 70 people were reportedly gunned down in
Burmas waters by the Burmese Navy on January 22nd,
while they were attempting to enter into Bangladesh,
from Burma, across the Naff River, by boats containing
smuggled rice.
The incident took place near the village of Kyauk
Pandu, which is located on the eastern bank of the
Naff River, in Maung Daw Township, opposite Taknef,
Bangladesh..."
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Dhaka, February 10:
"Bangladesh is currently preparing to build a new deep seaport very close to Burma, on an island in Cox's Bazar District.
The aim of the project is to create a link between Bangladesh and landlocked areas of China, India and Burma, said a report of the Shipping Ministry of Bangladesh on 9 Feb..."
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Maungdaw, February 6:
"A Bangladeshi man was arrested in Burmese waters,
along with two empty boats, by Burmese authorities,
near the village of Kyauk Pandu, in Maungdaw Township,
on 26 January, said a local police report.
The man was arrested with boats named Hangsa, while a
group of Nasaka force, led by Myint Thein, the head of
the Indam Outpost, was patrolling the area?s Burmese
waters..."
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Dhaka, February 3:
"The Burmese authorities sent a proposal to both India
and Bangladesh, to hold the first meeting of the
working committee of the proposed tri-nation gas
pipeline, in Rangoon on Feb 14, said an official
report of the Bangladeshi Energy Ministry.
If Bangladesh and India agree to Burma's proposal, the
meeting will be held in Rangoon..."
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Dhaka, February 11:
"U Aye Tha Aung, General Secretary of Committee for Representatives of People Parliament, or CRPP, was recently threatened by members of Burma?s military government, said a leader of ALD, who lives in Rangoon..."
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Dhaka, February 9:
"The construction of a Friendship Road? between Burma and Bangladesh will start next month, said a report of the Communication Ministry of Bangladesh.
The road will directly connect Rangoon and Dhaka, and will be built through Arakan State.
According to the report, the road will be 130 kilometers and be built from Ramu, in the Cox'sbazar district of Bangladesh, to Kyauk Taw in Burma?s Arakan State..."
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Dhaka, February 10:
"India has nominated four officials to represent the country in the upcoming 'Technical Committee' meeting of the proposed tri-nation gas pipeline project, to be held in Burma's capital city of Rangoon.
The meeting is to be attended by representatives of India, Bangladesh and Burma..."
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Dhaka, February 7:
"The names of those killed in Arakan State in the
recent tsunami disaster has been thusfar withheld from
distribution by the SPDC..."
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Maungdaw, February 8:
"Nasaka, or the Border Security Force of Burma, is reactive on the Burma-Bangladesh border after a major reshuffle, said local residents.
"The Nasaka force now has a normal position in the Maung Daw area after the recent reformation," said U Maung Hla, a trader in Maung Daw..."
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Akyab, February 2:
"Burmese Military authorities recently sent 2
reinforcement army battalions from Arakan State to
Karen State, said a report.
Around 100 soldiers, including the battalion commander
from Light Infantry Battalion 233 Base in Buthi Daung,
80 miles north of the Arakan State's capital Akyab,
left for Akyab on January 26 by the vessel
Danyawadi(2).
The troops will travel to Burma proper from Akyab,
across the Arakan Roma..."
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Akyab, February 11:
"Arakan State will be represented by a total of 34 Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) members at the upcoming February 17 SPDC sponsored National Convention. Each of the 17 townships in Arakan State will send two USDA members to the convention as representatives of the Arakanese people, said an anonymous prominent political leader..."
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Maungdaw, January 11:
"Four ferrymen were arrested by town authorities when it was discovered that 7 Arakanese people were sent back to Bangladesh on their boats.
The arrestees are identified as Than Maung Chay, Nyi Pu, U Sein Mg and Bo Thein Tan, all are from the Aung Bala quarter of Maungdaw..."
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Cox?s Bazar, January 27:
"On January 20, the Bangladeshi navy ship, SR Amin, seized 2000 bags of urea fertilizer worth about 3 million Taka (45 million Burmese Kyat) from a smuggling boat near Burma?s water, said an official report..."
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Dhaka, January 14:
"A group of Arakanese gas campaigners held a joint press conference, titled ?To Resist Plundering of Oil-Gas,” with Bangladeshi student?s leaders of the Student-Youth Movement to Resist Plundering of Oil-Gas and local social activists in Dhaka on January 13th.
The conference began around 3 PM yesterday in a press club of Dhaka with 50 participants including journalist, reporters, and radio producers in attendance..."
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Dhaka, January 19:
"Appeals written by the Diasporas Arakanese Community for the detainees held by India?s government, on India?s Andaman Island, has been sent to several government heads as well as the international community in hopes of helping to avoid a handover of the Arakanese detainees to Burma?s military government.
The detainees in question are likely to be freed from jail this month but India?s government may hand them over to the SPDC, Burma?s ruling military junta..."
For this reason the Diasporas Arakanese Community is anxious for their fate, as they predict that they may face the death sentence in Burma.
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Buthidaung, January 25:
"A new arrival army sergeant from Burma proper was arrested for attempting a rape a captain's wife in Buthidaung, 80 miles north of the Arakan capital of Akyab, according to army sources.
The sergeant was identified as Aung Myo Oo from the newly formed organization of Burma's Military Government Army Security..."
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Akyab, January 26:
"All army battalions under Western Command, including border outposts, are now in ready position after the army authority ordered them under high alert, said a report from Akyab.
"Yes, the Burmese army is in a high alert position and I didn't see any army personnel yesterday visiting outside with any civilians", said a local resident who is lives near Light Infantry Battalion 233, in Buthidaung.
The reason for the Burmese army's high alert status is currently unknown..."
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Maung Daw, January 13:
"The head of the Nasaka force in Arakan state, Let -Col Aung Nwge, is currently facing a lawsuit prosecuted by the local SPDC authorities for his involvement in a murder case.
?The police department of Maungdaw received an order from high ranking officials of Western Command to collect evidence to prosecute him” said a teacher close to a Maungdaw police officer..."
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Dhaka, January 26:
"The issue surrounding the tri-partisan gas pipeline project is not on the agenda of a talk involving Indian and Bangladeshi Prime Ministers during the upcoming SAARC summit.
The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC, a summit including the region's leaders, will be held in Dhaka on February 6-7..."
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Taknef, January 19:
"Cows from Burma are brisk in Bangladeshi markets, as the Muslim festival of Eid-Ul-Azha nears, said a border report.
The total demand of cows for this year's festival is high, and a large number of cows form Burma are still coming to Bangladeshi local markets..."
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A moderate earthquake jolted Chittagong, a main port city, and its adjoining areas yesterday morning, an official said.
The tremor, measuring 5.13 on the Richter scale, hit at 9:45 am and lasted for 36 seconds. The epicenter was 349-km from the city.
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Dhaka, January 25:
"A religious riot broke out in a town of Arakan on January 20, leaving at least 3 people dead, said the All Arakan Students and Youths Congress (AASYC).
The three found dead were all Muslims, one of which was a Muslim religious teacher.
The riot broke out near Naga Pariyeti Sathin Thik, a Buddhist monastery of the district town of Kyauk Pru, located in central Arakan State.
According to another source, the riot started after a young Muslim sweeper from a local mosque insulted several Buddhist monks near the monastery..."
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Akyab, January 13:
"In the western Burmese state of Arakan, rice production has declined in comparison to last year.
A farmer from Ingra Chaing Kyan from Puak Taw Township said during his visit to Bangladesh, ?Rice is not very good in our region. In fact it is in the whole of Arakan. The main cause is the decline of the rice price last year and we are unable to buy enough fertilizer.”
Insufficient fertiliser has therefore led to a poor rice crop throughout Arakan..."
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Dhaka, January 27:
"Religious rioting is now spreading a town near Kyauk Pru and 3 monasteries have been besieged by army personnel, said a Buddhist monk.
"The monks are not allowed to offer food from outside by authority and army has now besieged 3 monasteries in Kyauk Pru", said U Shet Kinda from a monastery of Akyah via a telephone interview..."
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Akyab, January 20:
"The local SPDC authority has been buying paddy from Arakanese farmers since the beginning of this month, said a local report.
According to a local farmer, the government has been purchasing Pawsan Mwe, a high quality brand of paddy, to be used for army rations.
The authority pays 12,5000 kyat for 100 tins (equivalent to 3000 kilograms), a price that is a little higher than the recent market price..."
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Maungdaw, January 25:
"On January 19 the World Food Program, WFP, was robbed of a large amount of food aid in Maung Daw Township, a western Arakan border town, according to police sources.
The goods were looted from a boat in the middle of the night while in route to Krean Chaung village from Maung Daw.
The boat was loaded with 1000 sacks of rice and 149 sacks of peas that were intended for extremely poor people, under a rehabilitation program..."
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Akyab, Dec 29: "The Burmese military junta confessed in a government newspaper
report that there were 36 people dead in Burma after massive tidal waves,
caused by a severe intensity earthquake in the Andaman Sea, hit the coast..."
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2004-12-29
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Dhaka, January 10:
"Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) recovered a number of sophisticated arms and
ammunitions from the Burma-Bangladesh border on January 6, according to a
local news agency.
Among the confiscated weapons were 11 AK-47 rifles, 53 magazines, and 1506
bullets, all of which were discovered in an old insurgent camp..."
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2005-01-10
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Dhaka: January 2: "The 220th Anniversary of the fall of Arakan was commemorated by the Arakan National Council (ANC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh on the 31st of December.
Eighty, exiled Arakanese from Bangladesh attended the ceremony. Theses attendees included monks, students and youths, representatives of women and labour organisations..."
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January 7, 2005:
"Bangladesh's Minister for Energy and Minerals, AKM Mosharrof Hossain, will attend an international gas pipeline conference in Rangoon, Burma.
Mr Hossain's duty will be to decide on whether a gas pipeline will be built through Bangladesh.
The conference will run from the 12th to the 13th of January 2005.
According to a report, the meeting will be attended by the Indian Petroleum Minister, Burmese officials and Mr Hossain after Bangladesh accepted a formal invitation from Burma's military government..."
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Date: 31st December 2004:
"Today, 31st December 2004, is one of the unforgettable historic days in Arakan History. On that day we, Rakhaing Nation lost our national sovereignty and independence. Ancient Rakhaing Kingdom, internationally called Arakan, was founded by King Marayu of First Dinyawadi in 3325 BC. Thereafter Rakhaing Kingdom had firmly existed as an Independent
Nation. Throughout its existence over 5000 years Arakan was a prosperous nation in South and Southeast Asia. This highly civilized rich nation in the Bay of Bengal was annexed by the Burmese invaders on 31 December 1784 AD..."
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Akyab, Dec 28: "6 Arakanese people were killed in Akyab, the capital of Arakan state, by the tsunami that drove through the Andaman Sea on Sunday. The bodies were found yesterday, on the seashore..."
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4th January 2005:
"On the 30th of December the military's western command tendered 12 shrimp farms for the 2005 fiscial year to local businessmen in Maungdaw, Arakan.
A tender ceremony was held in the headquarters of Nasaka under the supervision of the Deputy Commander of Western Command base in Ann Town in central Arakan state..."
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2005-01-04
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Dhaka, Dec 15: "36 Burmese nationals who have been under detention for more than six years without any sentences face the grim danger of being deported to Burma.
A detainee says, ?The police has taken our names and address in Burma. We had given these details before, and it is a bit strange collecting such information again. Usually, such information is collected before deportation to Burma, we are very concerned about this.”..."
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Dhaka: December 15: "The Arakan League for Democracy (in Exile) today issued a statement for Arakan State Day..."
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Dhaka, Dec 21: "An Arakanese working in Malaysia without a valid working permit had a fatal car accident while fleeing from the Malaysian police last week..."
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2004-12-21
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Lamar, Dec 20: "The Burmese military junta has placed a ban on swidden agricultural practices in the northern districts of Arakan state, Maung Daw and Buthedaung, according to a tribal leader.
Most Arakanese people in northern Arakan traditionally rely on swidden or slash-and-burn cultivation for their livelihoods, and they are worried about food and product shortages resulting from the ban.
Before the ban, the junta tried to ?educate” the people about mountain terrain cultivation..."
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Dhaka, December 8: "The Bangladesh Army and local security forces last week seized another several hauls of illegal arms in the regions bordering Burma during a joint operation, said an official report.
Another stash of arms consisting of 8 AK-47s, 8 SMGs, and 4000 rounds of bullets were discovered from two camps, which were about seven kilometres away from the border..."
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2004-12-08
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Dhaka, Dec 16: "Even though Bangladesh?s Finance Minister, M Saifur Rahman, did not discuss the issue of the transnational gas pipeline connecting Burma, India, and Bangladesh during his meeting with the premier of India, he discussed the issue with some ministers of India, according to local sources.
But he did not say whether the discussion of gas pipeline issue is progressive or not.
He returned to Dhaka last week after completing his five-day visit to India. During his trip, he met a number of Indian ministers..."
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Dhaka, Dec 14: "The demarcation of border areas, under the joint-border forces of Burma and Bangladesh, have been suspended since 1998, due to the presence of landmines in those areas.
The absence of joint-border forces of the two countries has increased the occurrences of cross border arms smuggling, drug and human trafficking, and cross border robberies, said a report in a weekend journal of Bangladesh.
The demarcation of the border area under the joint forces of the two countries began in 1984, but ended after only 14 years..."
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Maung Daw, December 10: "The local military authority confiscated money and gold from the father-in-law of Sargent Aung Zaya, who was in charge of the Nasaka, or the Burmese Border Security, check-point 3 at Maung Daw township, Arakan state..."
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Maung daw 23: "A diplomatic envoy led by the Indonesian Ambassador to Burma
visited the Northern Arakan town of Maungdaw on December 10, said an NGO report.
The envoy team, also comprised of 11 other delegates from various embassies in
Rangoon, went to repatriation camps and rehabilitation centers for refugees
under the Maungdaw Township..."
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2004-12-23
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Akyab, Dec 13: "After the purge of General Khin Nyunt, the SPDC Prime Minister Soe Win, SPDC Secretary (1) Thein Sein, and Lieutenant General Shwe Mann promised that the junta?s first priority is to get rid of corruption and abusive use of power by military personnel.
Contrary to the promise, there have been an increase in incidents of exhortation by the local authority and military personnel of the public through out Arakan State.
Checkpoints formerly controlled by the Military Intelligence are now guarded by military personnel and police, and they are not just asking for money from the smugglers, but also from the ordinary people..."
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Maungdaw, Dec23: "The border security force of the Nasaka headquarters, located in the west border town Maungdaw, was raided by a column of the Burmese army and a number of Nasaka officers were arrested on December 21, said a witness living near the headquarters.
The raid was led by two commanders from Buthidaung Station, including over 100 soldiers from Light Infantry Battalion No. 345, and was acting under the Military Planning Bureau No. 15's order..."
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2004-12-23
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Akyab, Dec 21: "Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, the Culture Minister of the military government recently made an astonishing visit to Arakan State, where he inspected a number of renovated ancient pagodas built by Arakanese kings in several of Arakan's past dynasties.
It was a rare occurance for a Burmese minister to visit so many sites of the Arakanese ancient pagodas.
"The recent visit of the Culture Minister was really astonishing for the Arakan people because he went to a number of ancient pagodas. Previously, no Burmese ministers have ever been there," said a local monk..."
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