KALADAN NEWS
Dated:
Township Chairman Ordered to Vacate 65 Dwelling houses at
MaungdawTownship
Maungdaw,
On September 18, 2003, the TPDC
Chairman Captain Hla Pu had
ordered the Ba Gone Nah village of Maungdaw south in Arakan State
to vacate 65 dwelling houses as to establish a new army camp by October10
but the villagers still refuse to vacate the houses, he further said.
The affected villagers have
appealed to the Chairman of TPDC to allow them to continue their stay and also
requested for alternative site for their resettlement. But the government says
nothing regarding that matter. There was also no instruction from government
side about the compensation, according to another source.
To evacuate families are 65,
including Badsha, Ismail, Mv. Mohamedul Hassan,
Osman, Mohamed Taher, Abu Talek and Ms Begum Bahar.
“ Confiscation
of Rohingya lands and uprooting of our old
settlements is nothing but an attempt to destroy the economic bases of the Rohingya people,” said a village headman.
In the Same way,
in last June 2003, the SPDC authorities had ordered to vacate 26 houses at
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