KALADAN NEWS

Dated-23/12/02

FORCED COLLECTION OF CHICKEN BY ARMY

Buthidaung, December 23, 2002:  Rohingya villagers of

Buthidaung Township, Arakan State are still being paid

8 to 12 Visses (1 Viss = 1.75 kgs) of chicken to the

army camp per quarter in every 3 months, according to

our correspondent.

 Sometimes, the army did not take the chicken. Instead

of that the villagers have to pay money to the army at

the rate of Kyats. 2,000/- per a viss, he further

added.

If the armies buy vegetables or other necessary things

from the villagers they do not pay the real price to

them. Every so often, they do not pay any cost to the

villagers, said a village trader to our source.

“ Though the armies are rationed by the government,

this kind of forced collection is a kind of repression

to the minority group,” said a school teacher to our

correspondent

Editor

Kaladan Press Network

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