Kaladan News

Dated: Wednesday August 20, 2003

Nasaka Confiscated a Garden From a Poor man

Maungdaw, August 20: The Nasaka (Border Security

Force) of Nasaka headquarters of Maungdaw Township in

Arakan State confiscated a garden from a poor man for

new Buddhist settlers, on July 27, said a victim’s

relative to our source.

The victim, Mohamed Salim, 40, a mosque Imam, hailed

from Maung Hnama village of Maungdaw Township in

Arakan State. His farmland has already been

confiscated by Nasaka for Model village since

two-years, source further said.

Afterward, he had only remained a garden as an earning

source. In his garden, he has grown many kinds of

fruits yielding trees, such as banana, jackfruit,

mango, guava, papaya, pineapple, lemon and etc.

Anyway, by selling fruits, he has maintained his

family, another villager said to our source.

In his family, he has two sons and four daughters. The

eldest one is daughter, 16, years old. So, all the

family members have to depend on him. But, the Nasaka

has again seized his garden, only his remaining

source, on July 27 for new Buddhist settlers, source

further added.

After that the victim was economically in cripple. So,

after a few days, on August 10, 2003, an application

was introduced to the Township Peace and Development

Council (TPDC) Chairman seeking permission to spare

his garden from the project of the new Buddhist

settlers, said a village elder.

Anticipating favourable order from the apex of TPDC

office, but the TPDC officer ordered to arrest the

applicant because of defamation of the government.

Later, the victim was arrested and sent to the Nasaka

headquarters and detained. However, he was released

3-days later, on August 14,2003, after paying a bribe

Kyat- 500,00/-. Selling his wife’s ornaments gathered

this money, the village elder further said.

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