KALADAN
NEWS
Dated:
Conducting
Population Survey in
Maungdaw,
Oct 21: The Burmese military regime
is conducting a survey on population and other things in the bordering
In late September 2003, the
Commander of the Western Command in Arakan issued an
order, through local authorities, asking the VPDC chairmen and members to take and
submit village-wise report of the inhabitants and other things showing their
families with members, sex, age, occupation, and houses with types of structure
and roof, acres of their farm land and other moveable and immovable properties,
kinds of cattle, fowls and other domestic animals, types of fruit trees (like
coconut trees, betel nut trees, jackfruit trees, mango trees, lemon trees, etc)
in their house compounds and gardens, etc, he further added.
In a meeting, held on
When asked, the Nasaka Commander told the meeting that the aim of the
counting is to verify different reports, about the inhabitants and other things
of the township, that have been received from various departments like Nasaka (Border Security Force), Township Peace and
Development Council (TPDC) and Health Department, he further said.
“Since it has been carried out
discriminately in the Rohingya areas, there is a
hidden motive behind this,” said an elite of
Similarly, the ruling military
regime was conducting population survey excluding animals and properties of
inhabitants of Maungdaw and
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