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* Business catches up with politics
* Unofficial Makeshift Refugee Camp in Teknaf Relocated to Dhomdomia
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Business catches up
with politics
Shan Herald Agency for News
Two weeks after Gen. Khin Nyunt and his associates were
"permitted to
retire," business has almost
returned to normal in northern Shan
State, reports Hawkeye from the border:
"Business is picking up again," replies a
shopkeeper from Muse,
opposite
(meaning heroin) leaving for
methamphetamines) and at a good price
too."
The price of low-quality yaba
(methamphetamines) remains high, 70,000
kyat per 200-pill bag, since the
flap that followed Khin Nyunt's
abrupt dismissal, while heroin is
33,000 yuan ($4,125), much to the
delight of the traders, he says.
The high-quality yaba, meanwhile,
remains stable, around 100,000 kyat
($100) per bag.
Kickbacks for all commodities also remain the same as
before, he
claims. "The only difference
is that the new guys on the landscape are
the police instead of the MI
(Military Intelligence) people".
The rate of pay-offs has not gone down with the departure
from the
scene of the MI either, at least in
the case of casino operators, says
another source. "The cut for
the MI now goes to the military
commanders here."
Along the Thai border, the refineries, closed after Khin Nyunt's
ouster, are reopened and
functioning as "usual," reports an insider
source, who remarks, "Now, we
can believe that, with or without Khin
Nyunt, life does go on."
A transcript of a speech given by Secretary-1 Lt-Gen. Thein Sein, then
commander of the Kengtung-based Triangle Region Command, given on May
9, 2001 in Mongla, says, "I was
in Mongton and Monghsat for
two weeks.
Very friendly with
(Bao Youri,
elder brother of Bao Youxiang)
from the Wa group."
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Unofficial Makeshift
Refugee Camp in Teknaf Relocated to Dhomdomia
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KALADAN NEWS
Date: Friday, November12, 2004
Teknaf, November 12: The
unofficial makeshift refugee camp of Teknaf,
Dhomdomia BDR check post in
Mohammed, a refugee leader at the camp.
This unofficial camp of Teknaf, a
border town close to
on private land after an army
operation against illegal Rohingya
immigrants in bordering areas in
early 2003, he added.
On Oct. 19, the deputy commissioner (DC) of Cox’s Bazar went to Teknaf
to observe the situation of the
refugees, especially regarding
security and health. Afterwards, he
ordered the refugees to transfer
to Dhomdomia,
a new place about 6 kilometers north of Teknaf on the
west bank of the
Transportation costs were borne by refugees themselves, said
Mohamed
Sidique, another refugee leader from the makeshift camp.
The refugees were compelled to evacuate the land due to
frequent
attacks on the camp by local
gangsters, engaged by the landowner to
harass refugees by various means
such as hurling stones, robbery, and
raping refugee women and young
girls, etc. deprived of help for their
security from any quarter, he
added.
About 10,000 Burmese Rohingya
refugees from 926 families are living at
the unofficial camp at Dhomdomia village without any help, said Ayub,
an Imam of the refugee camp.
Due to lack of hygienic maintenance, children are dying of
diarrhea
and malaria attacks, while many
elders suffer bronchial asthma,
tuberculosis and malnutrition, he
added.
When contacted, a UNHCR spokesperson at their Cox’s Bazar Office
said, “Today is a holiday, We have
no information about the new
refugee influx.”
When asked about the arrival of new refugees, Salim, a refugee leader,
said, “There is no new arrival of refugees
in our camp and I have no
information about a new influx of
refugees, but occasionally one or
two families cross the
Burma-Bangladesh border to take refuge in
relocation etc.”
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