On May 16, 2020, at 1:45 PM, Myanmar Army again set
Arakanese village of Lakka in Mrauk U Township on fire after it had done
similar criminal deed just one week ago to Nga Sa Yin Chaung village in Minbya
Township in the lost Arakan to Myanmar(western Myanmar).
Light Infantry Battalion 337
based in Mrauk U and Light Infantry Division 55 reinforced from beyond the
Arakan or Myanmar regions - total over sixty - entered into Lakka village after they atrociously persecuted villagers in the
nearby village of Tin Nyo.
While Myanmar soldiers entered into
Lakka village, they fired gunshots indiscriminately to every house in the village
and then set entire village on fire.
U Tha Sein , who is Mrauk U Township
lawmaker , confirmed this war crime committed by Myanmar Army. He told media
that he saw the Lakka village which was engulfed in flames and he was also
reported by villagers that Myanmar soldiers set their village on fire.
No firefighter and fire engine was
appearing to extinguish because they are not allowed to come for extinguishing
by brutal Myanmar soldiers. There are over 400 houses in Lakka village and it
has a population of two thousands. But villagers were to flee their village to
nearby Internally Displaced Persons’ Camps after Myanmar Army threatened to
kill them.
Almost every house in the village of Nga
Taug Tu chay in Rathitaung Township also were set fire on May 4, 2020 by brutal
criminal Myanmar soldiers and the entire village of Tinma in Kyauktaw Township too
was set on fire in March this year. There were over 500 houses in Tinma village
which were burnt to ground by Myanmar soldiers.
Myanmar Army is still not complying any
International Laws and Humanitarian Laws. It is still committing crimes and war
crimes against the humanity in the lost Arakan to Myanmar even if the world leaders and UN Secretary
General urge warring parties across the world to cease their fighting in support
of the bigger battle against the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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