KALADAN
NEWS
Dated:
Teknaf,
Oct. 22, 03: Recently, Nasaka (Border Security
Force) are being employed as goldsmiths in different gold shops of
Some gold shops were established
along the border of Cox’s Bazar district with the
collaboration of two syndicates, one U Myint Aung from Maungdaw (Burmese) and
another one is Kyaw Hla Oo from Nhila (Bangladeshi), in
which most of the employees are Burmese nationals (Rakhines)
and of them some are Nasaka or Nasaka
agents as goldsmiths, he further added.
These employees are involved in
collecting of information for Burmese military and Nasaka
but the local Bangladeshi people know them as Rakhine
goldsmiths, said a local member.
In these shops, goldsmiths make
various gold ornaments with artificial gold and rubies and sell them at the
rate of original gold prices while the owners of the shops lend money to the
local people with high interest, he further said.
Gold shops are increasingly
established by Bangladeshi Rakhines with
collaboration of said syndicates in Chowdhury Para of
Teknaf Municipal, Nhila Chowdhury Para, Upper and Lowe Bazar
of Teknaf, Whykong, Kharang Kahali and Sabrang Bazar of
When asked there is no Nasaka in our shops but some employees are Burmese
nationals, said an owner of gold shop from Teknaf.
Burmese nationals enter into
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