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CONSTRUCTION OF ANOTHER NEW MODEL VILLAGE

FOR NEW SETTLERS IN MAUNGDAW TOWNSHIP

By Our Correspondent

Maungdaw, August 18: At about 50 houses are being

built in Nasaka Area No. 2, between Ngaran Chaung and

Lanchi villages of Maungdaw Township, adjacent to the

Burma-Bangladesh border for the new Buddhist settlers

by the forced labour of Rohingya villagers, said a

member of local village council.

On 29th July 2002, the Commander of the Nasaka

Headquarters issued ordered the aforesaid villagers to

build houses for new settlers to be completed by the

end of October 2002 and also ordered them to supply

house building materials such as bamboos, pillars and

other necessary things. But, the SPDC authorities will

provide the tin-sheets for roofing. It has also been

reported that 3 houses have already been completed, he

further said.

The exact figure of confiscated of Rohingyas’ lands is

till not known but the following Rohingya villagers’

lands were confiscated for the model village, called

in Burmese Natala village. They are: Saiful Muluk S/o

Lal Miah, Moghul Ahmed S/o Abdul Matalab, Nurul Hoque

S/o Abdul Shukur, Mir Quasim S/o Ejar Miah and Muni

Uddin S/o Monsor Ali. All these villagers are belong

to the Lanchi Village of Maungdaw Township, he further

added.  # 

The Editor

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