Kaladan News
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MI Extorted Money from Rohingya Traders
Maungdaw, August 28: Military Intelligence
(MI) extorted Kyat-3 crore (US Dollar 33, 333) from
three Rohingya cattle traders of
The traders are Mohamed Ismail, 47, of Myo Thu Gyi
village (Khan Da Para), Mohamed Ali, 45, the same
village and Kamal, 55, from Shikdar
Para of Maungdaw Township, Arakan
State, he further added.
MI arrested them on first June 2004, while they were carrying cattle from the
southern side of Maungdaw town to the Shikder Para where they are living, alleging them smuggling
the cattle to the neighboring country, Bangladesh, said a local villager.
The said traders had got licenses from the concerned authorities of
After the arrest, they were detained at MI camp until their release. They were
severely tortured while they were in MI custody to get confession that the
cattle were being sent to
However, after nearly one month, the traders were set free from MI office on
“It is a deliberate action by MI to extort money from the Rohingya
traders. It is bad luck for the Rohingya people that
they have no other alternative ways to appraise their oppression and
suppression. If any Rohingya appraises their
misjudgment to the higher authority, it will be again sent to the local authority
for further query. As a result, the accused persons have to get more
punishment. For apprehension of this, Rohingya people
never seek helps of higher authorities”, said a trader from Maungdaw
town preferring not to mention his name.
The SPDC authorities such as MI, Nasaka, police and
military officers are always trying how to extort money from Rohingya people by charging them false and fabricated
cases, said a local people with a big sigh.
Another Rohingya elder said, “ Over
50% of Rohingyas’ earning has been going to the
pockets of SPDC authorities”. ##
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