KALADAN NEWS

December 04, 2002.


BURMESE NASAKA TROOPS SUMMARILY EXECUTED TWO ROHINGYA   VILLAGERS IN ARAKAN


Maungdaw, Dec. 04:  Burmese Border Security Force (Nasaka)  summarily executed two Rohingya villagers on 23^rd November 2002 in the Headquarters of Nasaka Sector No.2, at Maungdaw Township in Arakan State, Western part of Burma, said a source in Nasaka Headquarters.

The two youths are: Ansar Ullah son of Maulvi Syed Alam, 18 years, Ngaran Chaung Village; Shafiur Rahman son of Mohamed Ismail, 38 years, Linchi village, both of them belong to Maungdaw township, Arakan State, the source further added. These villages are only about 2 miles from Burma-Bangladesh border.

It may be mentioned here that on 21^st October 2002, there was a landmine blast near the Headquaters of Nasaka Sector 2 at Burapara under Linchi ( Linthi ) Village Track about 38 miles north of Maungdaw town, Arakan State. In this blast two army personnel including a sergeant were killed and two other wounded which were earlier laid by the Nasaka troops themselves. The above two youths were implicated in the blast case but were not tried in the court. After detaining and torturing inhumanly for one moth the two were summarily executed in the Nasaksa Headquarters.

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