BURMA: Nasaka Shoots One Dead; 20 Muslim Women Kidnapped, Disappeared

Two Muslim members are ousted from Myanmar investigation team and 20 Muslim women kidnapped from one village.

20 women were taken and their status is unknown.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - News gathered from Some most reliable sources over the telephone confirm that Myanmar border security forces (NaSaKa) entered the village of Kuniapara today morning, which is 10 miles south of Maungdaw town.

They fired at villagers without any reason and shot one dead on the spot as well as seriously two seriously injuring two.

The dead person is Hafiz Ullah s/o Zafar Ahamad. The two injured persons are Johar s/o Zafar Ahamad and a female named Arafa Khatun d/o Butto.

In fact, no rule of law is being exercised in Arakan.

The security forces can shoot and kill when they feel it is necessary, but there is no judicial inquiry for this crime.

In most of the countries in the world, killing even birds is a crime and offenders face stern punishment for this crime.

But in Myanmar, the security forces have rights to kill anybody if they feel its necessary. These privileges applied mostly on ethnic minority such as Karen, Rohingyas etc., In Burmam Particularly in Rakhine state, law and order have totally collapsed. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi often reminded in this regards.

Firing Muslims

A few days ago, president Thein Sein ousted two Muslim members from Myanmar's Investigation team due to debating with other Rakhine members (RNDP leaders) over the root cause of Arakan's communal strife.

Thein Sein well knows that the RNDP leaders are the masterminds of the communal Riot in Arakan. It is indeed a grave concern that president Thein Sein is taking the side of Rakhines and fueling the conflict between Buddhist Rakhines and Muslim Rohingyas in Arakan because the president himself does not want to accommodate Rohingyas in Mayanmar as citizens of Myanmar. In other hands, Thein Sein is taking pride and claiming as a reformist and expected peace award. How funny it is!

20 Muslim women kidnapped by Rakhines during recent unrest in Kaukpro - still missing

The notorious Buddhist Rakhines attacked the Muslim Villages in Kyaukpro on 21st October, 2012 and most of the villages were burnt down caused more than 100 Rohingyas to die, many remain missing.

About 1000 Muslim houses were burnt to ashes. One of the elders from the village Julapara, Kyaukpro informed with tears that the Rakhines kidnapped 20 Muslim women from this village during the attack and so far no body knows where about the women, even whether alive or dead. But the authority has taken no action on this missing case. The elder questioned, "who will rescue us?"

Nurul Islam is a Human Rights Activist in Bangladesh