Kaladan News
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Two Rohingya Youths Sentenced to 7-year Imprisonment
in
Maungdaw, August 23: A Court of Maungdaw Town in
Number one Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Maungdaw Town gave the verdict without proper inquiry of
the cases, he further added.
The convicts are Rashid Ahmed, 21, son of Sultan and Son of Nurul
Alam, 22, of Shikdar Para
of
The two were arrested by Border Security Force (Nasaka)
on December 27, 2003, while the State Peace and development Council (SPDC)
authorities accompanied by police and Nasaka
destroyed 26-dwelling houses of Myo Ma Kayan Dan (Shikdar Para) village of Maungdaw
town in Arakan State, he more added.
At that juncture, some village youths resisted while the Nasaka
and police attacked and destroying their houses. After for a moment, the youths
withdrew from their resistance. But, two youths (mentioned above) were arrested
by the Nasaka and were carried away to their camp by
alleging them anti-government activities, a villager said.
After15 days, they were brought to Maungdaw jail
where they faced interrogation by the joint interrogation cell. As the
investigators from different agencies, including Military intelligence (MI)
failed to get any clue about the anti-activities of the government except their
resistance of Nasaka forces while Nasaka
were destroying their (arrestees’) houses, said another relative.
The convicts with 7-year jail have no rights to appeal to the High Court
against the judgment in 7 days and the punishment of the fugitives will be
effective from the date of their arrest, the judge said, according to a
relative of convicts.
Victims’ parents were present in the court and they broke down in tears on
hearing the verdict. They also express their un-satisfaction over the judgment
The court framed charges against the accused 15 days before their jail
sentence.
After their verdicts, the arrestees were sent to jail. ##
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