Kaladan Press Network
Dated. July 24,2002
A ROHINGYA TEENAGE
GIRL GANG RAPED
By our correspondent
Rathedaung, July 24: On
teenage girl named Ms. Tayaba
Khatun, 13, daughter of
Maung Bullah hailed from “Thamila village” of
Rathedaung township,
Burmese armed forces, said a relative of the victim.
On that day, the aforesaid three armed forces of
battalion No. 537 went to the said
village to collect
fowls without paying money to the
villagers. After
seizing a lot of fowls from the
village they stored
them in front of the Maung Bullah’s
house. In one
stage, while they were drinking
water from the house
they saw the girl was working in
the kitchen. Finding
the father of the victim absent
from the house, they
forcibly entered the house of Maung
Bullah, an old
man, and caught hold of his younger
daughter and raped
her one after another. They left
for their camp
leaving behind a big cock for the
victim, he further
added.
While the rapists were entering the house her old
mother tried to resist, but she was
pushed away.
Showing a dagger, the culprits silenced the old woman
and tied her with pole inside the
house. The culprits
then took hold of her teenage
daughter and raped her
until she fell unconscious and bled
profusely, he
further said.
However, the mother of the victim cried for help but
few came up at their rescue when
villagers realised
that the culprits were army. Before
leaving, the
culprits threatened the victim and
her mother of
taking their life if they ever tell
the incident to
others, another relative of the
victim said.
The following morning when the poor Maung Bullah was
on his way to hospital with his
daughter the military
stopped and disallowed them to go
for treatment, he
added.
On information, a kind hearted Rakhing old man took
the responsibility for treatment of
the victim. He
took her to a private clinic in
Rathedaung town and
after proper treatment, he brought
her back home, said
a villager.
The incident was reported to the concerned army
commander, but no action has been
taken yet against
the culprits, said a
relative.
Editor
Kaladan Press