Kaladan News

Dated: Wednesday September 11, 2003

Policemen together with Immigration Arrested 120 Men and Extortion 

 Buthidaung, September 11: On August 30,2003, a team

of police together with immigration have arrested 120

Rohingyas from Koin Daung (Kwan Dine) village of

Buthidaung Township in Arakan State and extorted

money, according to our correspondent.

On the said day, 7 policemen accompanied by 4

immigration went to Koin Daung village of Buthidaung

Township and arrested 120 Rohingya people, of them 75

persons were accused for not paying fees for foot-ball

tournament, 36 persons were accused for not planting

seedlings along the roadsides and other 9 persons were

accused for crossing border of Bangladesh, he further

said. 

All arrested persons were confined in a primary school

of that village. But, they were all released after

giving bribes to concerned authorities. The persons

who were accused for football tournament fees have

been released after giving Kyat-3, 000 per each and

those who were accused for not planting seedlings

along the roadsides have been set free after bribing

Kyat-5, 000/- per head, said one of the victims to our

source.

The rest 9 members, who were accused for border

crossing of Bangladesh, were released after giving

bribes as follows:  Basar, 32, son of Jaffor West Koin

Daung village, has to pay Kyat-20, 000/-, Patan Ali,

40, son of Abdul Sohbi, West Koin Daung village,

Kyat-16, 000/-, Md. Sultan, 49, son of Md. Sidique,

East Koin Daung, Kyat-10, 000/-, Abdul Kharim, 27, son

of Sultan Ahamed, Kyat- 25,000/-, Abdul Goffor, 56,

son of Abul Hashim, middle Koin Daung, Kyat- 11,00/-,

Md Ali, 52, son of Md. Sultan, middle Koin Daung,

Kyat-9, 000/-, Shoffi Rhaman, 32, west Koin Daung,

Kyat-12,000/-, Khalu Meah, 41, west Koin Daung,

Kyat-13, 000/- and Abdul Khader, 47, west Koin Daung,

Kyat-20, 000/-, he further added.

When asked one of the victims, who was accused for

border crossing, he said that were all false and

fabricated cases and how could we go Bangladesh

without recommendation letters of government

authorities as with so many check posts were existed

on the roadsides.

The arrested were all released after giving total

Kyat-561, 000/- to concerned authorities on 1st

September 2003. ##

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