Narinjara news
BURMESE BORDER SECURITY
FORCES SHOOT A BANGLADESHI CITIZEN
Maungdaw, 19th March 02: The Nasaka Burmese Security Forces shot a Bangladeshi and
arrested another from the no-man's land along the border between Bangladesh and
Maungdaw township in the western part of Arakan (Rakhine State) in Burma, according to our correspondent,
quoting a reliable source in the Township administration.
On 26th February a Syed Alam (40), son of Halim and Habibur Rahman (31) son of Nur Ahmed were
ambushed and arrested from the border north to Kraungdaw
village under Maungdaw township
allegedly with a handmade gun around ten in the evening. The team
was led by the Nasaka
Two Area Commander Major Naing Linn.
The two were then brought to Nasaka Area Two
headquarters. The Nasaka physically
tortured Syed Alam to interrogate, charging him as an armed cadre
of the Rohingya rebel organizations, then at one stage they shot him to death.
According to our correspondent who conducted an investigation, the said Syed Alam hails from Jamchhari village, close to border pillar No. 45, under Naikkyaungchhari upazila
of Bandarban Hill District of Bangladesh, close
to the Burmese border. The fate of the other man remains
unknown.
When the Bangladesh Rifles stationed at the Asat-tali
BDR Camp on the border came to know from an official letter of the Nasaka forces on 5th
March, they formally demanded investigation
about the whereabouts and into the fate of the two Bangladeshi citizens on the
seventh of this month. The Bangladeshi authority also demanded the
holding of a flag meeting regarding the
incident. In an Official Memorandum, dated the 7th of March, the Bangladeshi authority
also called for an impartial investigation into the matter, return of the
corpses of the killed, compensation for the two persons to their family
members (in case they have been killed), and taking proper action against the
perpetrators in the Nasaka.
Previously the Nasaka forces also arrested three
Bangladeshis on 13th February
from inside