Narinjara News
Death sentence
for 14 alleged murderers of Burmese policemen
Maungdaw, 27 Feb. 03: Fourteen alleged murderers of four
policemen in the western Burmese township of Maungdaw have been awarded death
sentence and ten years’ rigorous imprisonment on two counts, according to our
border correspondence.
The accused were allegedly charged with the murder of four members of the
police force and a prostitute at Laungdung police outpost in the northern
After a number of hearings each of the accused 14 persons were ‘found guilty’
and awarded the sentences on 18th
February 03 according to Penal Code 2-(1) Ka for ten years’ RI. Then on
another count the same persons were awarded death sentence according to Penal
Code 302 (1) Kha 34, according to courtroom
sources.
On the night of the 23rd
November 01 the policemen and a prostitute were murdered by strangulation with
nylon chords and six guns (three M16s, -one BA 52 Sten, one 0.303 light machine
gun, and one 0.303 rifle) with a large number of rounds of bullets were stolen.
According to the forensic report the dead were drugged with alcohol laced with
powerful tranquilizer before the murder. The missing arms and ammunition have
not yet been recovered.
The names of the accused in the murder case are: Nurul Bashar, Osman Gani,
Gonira, Nur Muhammad, Habib Ullah, Zahabur Rahman, Nurul Islam, Abu Quasem,
Syedul Amin, Ruhul Amin, Shamsul alam, Qader Hussein, Bashir Ahmed, and Khairul
Amin, all of whom hail from
On 19th this month all the
accused have been moved to Sittwe Jail in the capital of
Some of the villagers alleged that the actual murderers who escaped with the
guns and ammo have never been found, and it is thought that the real
perpetrators must have crossed the border to a neighbouring country. #