KALADAN NEWS

October  1, 2002

A FISHERMAN SHOT DEAD, HIS DEAD BODY

THROWN INTO THE BAY BY NASAKA

By our Correspondent

Maungdaw, October 1:  A Rohingya fisherman was shot

dead and his dead thrown into the Bay of Bengal by the

Burmese Nasaka forces, said a fisherman to Kaladan

Press.

On 10th  September 2002, one  Moktul Hussain, 42

years, son of Moniruzzaman  of Indin village under

Maungdaw township, was arrested by  a 3-member patrol

group belonging to Camp No.18 of the Nasaka Area No.8,

while he was returning home after  fishing in the sea,

with the accusation that he was coming from

Bangladesh, he further said.

On 11th September, at about 8.00 a.m.. some members of

Village Peace and Development Council ( VPDC )

accompanied by other village elders went to the Nasaka

Camp and requested the Camp in-charge  for his release

explaining that Moktul Hussain was a poor man of good

character living on fishing, and that he had never

committed any crimes, had not gone to Bangladesh as

alleged and had gone to the sea simply for fishing

only. But their request was turned down, said a source

in Nasaka Headquarters.

Then VPDC members and village elders of Indin went to

the local Nasaka Headquarters of the Area and

requested  for their help to get  release of the

victim. But this made the   in-charge of Nasaka camp

No.18 annoyed and Moktul Hussain was shot dead in the

camp by his order. After that his dead body was thrown

into the Bay of Bengal by the Nasaka forces

themselves, he further said.

On 12th September, 2002, when some fishermen saw the

dead body  floating in the sea,  they picked it up and

informed the villagers of the same. As soon as the

message reached the village, many villagers that

included young, old and women came to the spot and

carried the dead body straight to the local Nasaka

Headquarters. But they did nothing. Instead, the Camp

in-charge confined both the parents of the victim in

the camp while the villagers were ordered to bury the

dead body, said a relative of the victim.

On 13th September, the parents of the victim were

forced to sign a paper stating that their son Moktul

Hussain was released before his death. After that they

were set free, he further said. However, the Nasaka

source at camp insists that Moktul Hussain was

released well before his death. #

The Editor

Kaladan Press Network