Myanmar Army commits war crime again by killing and abducting villagers

Myanmar Army again committed war crime in Arakan, western part of Myanmar,

by killing two villagers and wounding seriously seven villagers on 29.3.2019.

In morning, around 6:30 am, on 29.3.2019, Myanmar Army started shooting machine

guns and launchers from Tein Nyo bridge into Aut Tha Kan village, shouting the whole

time abusive word “ F---king Arakan”  while firing and entering into village.

The deceased were two women and one of those was pregnant woman who was in

her grocery , selling food and other things to her own villagers in Aut Tha Kan village.

Local media wrote that injured persons were admitted to hospital in Mrauk-U Town and some media persons told that villagers were forced to sit on the ground under the sun’s ray by putting hands on head. 

At the same time, village elder men were kicked on head and chest with military boots by Myanmar Army men. Youths were also pounded with butt of gun and were inserted with muzzle of gun on chest.  When Myanmar Army left village on the same day, they abducted five villagers away with them. The family members of abductees were in lament. No Myanmar Officer holds accountable.

Arakan American Community demonstrates against the brutal Myanmar Army's war crimes

Arakan Americans from Arakan American Community in USA – roughly, nearly four hundreds-  gathered in front of With House and Myanmar Embassy on 25.3.2019. They demonstrated against the brutal Myanmar Army’s war crimes in Arakan, western Myanmar and demanded to stop Myanmar Army’s brutal killing on Arakanese people in Arakan.

Moreover, they demanded UN, US and International organizations that brutal Myanmar Army should not be allowed to buy arms from developed nations and it should be taken action by International Criminal Court on the ground of committing war crimes against the humanity.

A poor family of Arakan National killed in cold blood by brutal Myanmar Army

Myanmar Army – war criminal – currently is killing 

Arakanese villagers in the lost Arakan to Myanmar everyday.  Arakan  was once free Nation ,which presently is

being colonized by Myanmar, and is situated on the east coast line of Bay of Bengal.

The coast line is called “ Arakan Coast Line “

Nowadays, Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, instructs her war criminal Myanmar Army to eliminate Arakan Army in Arakan – western part of Myanmar. Therefore, war criminal Myanmar Army launches offensive attacks against the Arakan Army. Moreover, Myanmar Army is killing Arakanese people on the accusation of being tied with Arakan Army.

On March 22, 2019, in northern Arakan, Myanmar Army shelled the village named Si taung from outside of village and then entered into village. While Myanmar Army shelled and entered,

villagers, in fear, were fleeing from their homes. Unfortunately, a family comprised five persons

-Grandma (95),father (55),mother (55),elder son (23) and youngest son(19)- were trapped and hiding in the makeshift bomb shelter or trench at their home but column of Myanmar Army found out them and opened fire in close range. Atrocious and brutal Myanmar Army killed a Arakanese poor family in cold blood.

Local media published this but it told that a family was killed by shelling bomb of Myanmar Army on village. 

The fact which people became to know is that after war criminal Myanmar Army retreated from Si Taung village, Local youths and relatives enquired situation of village. They recorded video and found the fact that poor Arakanese family were shot in close range in makeshift trench by brutal Myanmar Army.

Myanmar Army opens fire every house in Mrauk-U, Arakan

On these days, Myanmar Army entered Mrauk-U town in Arakan , which is being colonized by Myanmar , by trucks and opened fire into houses and buildings. By the time it entered into town, the sun has gone down. Myanmar Army men from the trucks started shooting into every house from the tamarize ward to other wards by driving their trucks in high gear, yelling abusive words “ Fucking Arakan “  or “ Lo Ma Thar Rakhine” .

Every night the sun went down, Myanmar Army appeared to enter Mrauk-U town to open fire

houses of Arakanese people from driving trucks on these days. Therefore, there were at least(10) persons who had injured and were admitted to hospital in Mrauk-U.  Houses in every ward and a private Bank are hit by bullets and small millimeter mortars.

Mrauk-U town is ancient city of Arakan Kingdom. It is heart of Arakan National and heritage

site. Many ancient pagodas and Buddha Statues are seen everywhere in Mrauk-U . But it is no matter for Myanmar Army. So, Arakan national heritage site like Buddha statues and pagodas were also fired by Myanmar Army. One of sacred pagoda was bombed and one of images of Buddha was also fired by Myanmar Army. It is believed that Myanmar Army will never destroy its own heritage sites and Buddha pagodas but dares to demolish Arakan’s .

The reason why Myanmar Army dares to fire on civilians and heritage sites in Mrauk-U  is that it is losing its soldiers everyday while attacking to Arakan Army. The death toll of Myanmar Army is so much high while they launch offensive attacks against the 

Arakan Army.

Hence, they cowardly started to kill, persecute, arrest, loot and rape Arakanese people, committing war crime against the humanity . Myanmar Army’s chief and culprit Myanmar

leaders are most likely to be in the International Criminal Court for their guilt soon because ICC is working hard to take legal action against the culprit Chief of Myanmar Army and culprit Myanmar political leaders. 

Myanmar Air Force strafes rockets on position of Arakan Army after it loses strategic base

The strategic base of Myanmar Army was occupied on 10.3.2019 in northern Arakan

by Arakan Army after fierce clashes between the Arakan Army and Myanmar Army.

During the period of occupation,  Arakan Army captured eleven

Myanmar soldiers and seized many ammunitions and weapons of Myanmar Army.

According to Arakan Army’s website, it is taking care of eleven prisoners of war and

materializing to hand over them to international organization like Red Cross.

Arakan Army has already handed over prisoners of war to International Committee of

Red Cross (ICRC) once in previous years.

After Myanmar Army lost its tactical base, it again launched offensive attacks against

the Arakan Army by using fighter jets. On 13.3.2019, Myanmar Air Force bombed and

strafed rockets on position of Arakan Army in northern Arakan hitting villages. Therefore,

villagers, in fear, are fleeing from their villages to nearby places. Nowadays, Internally

Displaced Persons (IDPs) are over ten thousands in northern Arakan due to offensive attacks

of Myanmar Army. But Myanmar government does not allow any organization including UN

to access IDPs to help humanitarian aid.  IDPs are facing lack of foods and shelters and suffering from diseases like dysentery because of no clean water.

With everyday clashes between the Myanmar Army and Arakan Army in the lost Arakan to Myanmar (western Myanmar), fighting has dominated all over rural areas and towns. In these

circumstances, Myanmar Army is violating human rights and committing war crimes on civilians

and Arakanese villagers by killing, persecuting, raping, looting, arresting and threatening.

Landmine set by Myanmar Army kills Arakanese elder man

Column of Myanmar Army left landmines in Mrauk Oo Township in Arakan ,western Myanmar, without clearing them after it stationed near the village named Aoug Tha Kan.

As we all know, Myanmar Army ignores to sign at UN for no landmines and it still is using

Landmines like 14-mine and 16-mine in the battles against the Arakan Army which

represents people of Arakan to free from Myanmar. Just one day back, that was after

clash between the Arakan Army and Myanmar Army on 5.3.2019, unfortunately,

three persons from Aoug Tha Kan village, in Mrauk Oo Township, went to their plantation and

their own small hill to fetch firewood. They did not know that Myanmar Army stationed and

left landmines there. They stepped on one of landmines

set by Myanmar Army.

 

No sooner had

landmine blasted than one of three persons named Mr. Tun Sein died(aged 68). He lost both of his legs when landmine exploded . Remaining two persons injured on knees and back respectively .

Myanmar Army is killing, persecuting, arresting, looting and executing Arakanese people and

bombing on villages. Moreover, it is firing into villages while it enters villages to kill and loot villagers.