KALADAN NEWS

THE REMAINNING 162 PERSONS RELEASED, EXCEPT 4 ROHINGYA YOUTHS DETAINED AT MAUNGDAW

By our correspondent:

Maungdaw, November 19: The remaining 162 persons

including the 4 women were released at the end of

October 2002, with a bribe of Kyats 10,000 to 70,000

for each and 4 main accused Rohingya youths still kept

in police custody of Maungdaw, Arakan State, according

to our correspondent.

According to Our sources, Haji Ghoni is one of the

member of detainees was released on payment of Kyats

70,000/- on 21st October. The rest had to take time to

set free till last October. The sooner you give the

sooner you will release. Bribe money has been given to

the authorities according to the status of the

detainees.

 The unpleasant incident of 10th October 2002, was

under the joint instigation of Military Intelligence(

MI)-18 and the police to extort money and  upset the

Muslim villagers and to create hatred policy between

two sister communities, said our correspondent.

The police have been unable to find any trace of

Mohamed Yunus, who remained absconding since October

10, 2002.

The two Rakhaing Buddhist girls who involved in the

event of 10th October are not thevillagers of Rwa

Thaya of Maungdaw Township. They are the inhabitants

of Rathedaung, another town of Arakan State with bad

characters called by Maung Lun, the village Peace and

Development Council Chairman, to design a plot against

the Baggona villagers of Maungdaw Township, said our

sources. 

Editor

Kaladan