Kaladan Press Network

Dated: July 31, 2002

 A MINOR GIRL RAPED BY A LOCAL RAKHING YOUTH

By Our Correspondent

Rathedaung, July, 31: On 10th June 2002, a Rohingya

minor girl, named Lalu Khatun, 9, daughter of Gura Mia

hailed from Thamila village of Rathedaung Township was

raped by a local Rakhing youth, said a relative of the

victim.

The prosecution story in brief was that while the

aforesaid girl was grazing her cattle in the lawn, the

Rakhing youth named Maung Phu Hla, 26, Son of Tun Mra

Kyaw from the same village forcibly took away the

minor girl to a hill-side solitary place and raped her

there. When the girl screamed out and the near-by

villagers rushed to the spot and the culprit was

caught red-handed, while the girl was lying

unconsciously on the ground covered with blood, he

further added.

Afterwards, the culprit was handed over to his father

and the victim was sent to the hospital of Rathedaung

town for treatment and five days later she was

released. However, the matter was reported to the

concerned police station and Nsaka authorities but no

action has been taken yet against the culprit, said

another relative of the victim.

Editor

Kaladan Press