Wednesday, 12 June 2019

3,000 Refugees Rounded up by 700 Myanmar Soldiers in Rakhine, Myanmar

Army officers, police, and immigration officers inside the temple where 3,000 IDPs inside 

3,000 Refugees Rounded up by 700 Myanmar Soldiers in Rakhine, Myanmar

June 11, 2019

Myanmar army LID 11 and 22 with 700 soldiers have been rounded up 3,000 IDPs inside the Buddhist temple in Puaktaw Pyin village, Pannaygun township, since June 10, 2019.

Three hundred soldiers are taking positions on the front gate and around the village while other 400 troops are in the mountains and forests behind the temple.

The thousand refugees from several villages have been taking shelter in the temple since last week after clashes were broken out between Myanmar army and Arakan Army. Some shells and gunfire landed inside the villages.

On June 10, thirty soldiers and four police approached the gate of the temple and attempted to enter inside where 3,000 refugees are inside.

Then, the chief monk asked whether they had a search warrant from the court and quested them to put off the guns before they entered into the temple because it is religion premises and for due respect.

However, over 80 soldiers sneaked secretly into the temple last night and stationed on the hell overnight. The chief monk and refugees worried the soldiers might shoot them kill last night.

All Buddhist monks took guards as night-watch around the temple for the whole night.

“We could not sleep the whole night; all refugees did not sleep the rest of the night too. They were very worry for something would happen to them badly,” one of the monks in the temple tell our Information Center.

After 10 am on June 11, five soldiers, four policemen, and two immigration officers were allowed to enter into the temple.

“They carry guns; there is a major from LID 22, and he leads the team; they do not check the refugees one by one, but speaks to our chief monk; I do not know why, and they may have other purposes,” a novice said.

The soldiers are still surrounding around the IDP camp. Three hundred soldiers are in front and around the village. The other 400 stoops are in the mountain and the forests.

All IDPs are worry some big and terrible things may happen to them as long as the soldier stay near the camp.
The refugees wish the soldiers go away and do not want to see them at all neat the camp.  


700 soldiers surrounding village and IDP camp of Buddhist temple

Wednesday, 5 June 2019

Myanmar Army dares to kill Arakanese villagers continually


By the time innocent villagers from Sabar Htar village in Minbra township, Arakan( western
so-called Myanmar) took refuge at village monastery after clash between the Myanmar Army
and Arakan Army near the village on 3.6.2019 , Myanmar Army intentionally shelled mortars
into premises of village monastery , killing six villagers and wounding nine villagers.
Four villagers were died on the spot and two other killed after awhile. Nine injured villagers
were admitted to hospital. It was Myanmar Army which killed people and villagers when it launches military operation against the Arakan Army. The world leaders and analysts
had already realized how Myanmar Army killed civilians in cruel and inhuman way  and how Myanmar Army committed war crimes against the humanity.
Those victims who killed in the monastery are U Maung Phyu Tun, U Maung Maung Than, Maung Aye Nu, Daw Hla Pyae Sein and U Hla Maung along with Ma Pe Si @ Ma San San Win (13) years old died in Minbra Hospital yesterday said by U Myo Zaw Aung, the village’s administrator.




Karen Border Guard Force’s Fighter Wounded in Rakhine State, Myanmar

June 03, 2019
https://arakanic.blogspot.com/2019/06/karen-border-guard-forces-fighter.html
Second right is Maj Mouk Thone and second left is Zaybabo Khin Shwe meeting in Bangkok in May last week



Karen Border Guard Force’s Fighter Wounded in Rakhine State, Myanmar

June 1, 2019. Sittway

Local villagers reported that one of the Karen fighters, who worn Myanmar army uniform of LID 11, 

was captured by Arakan Army during the fight near Yawtayoke village, Pannaygun township, on May 30.

The captive Karen fighter after interrogated by AA members found out he was a member of Myawaddy based BGF, splinter group of Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA).  

News of Snr Gen Min Aung Hlaing’s request of 1,000 fighters from BGF has been circulated on local and social media since May.

In connection with the top bass request, the leaders of BGF held a secret meeting in Myawadday on May 1.  Commander Gen Htin Maung Htoo, Bo Chit Thu, and Bo Mouk Thone participated in the meeting at their headquarter in Karen State. The meeting reaffirmed the BGF would sent more troops to Rakhine State.

Rakhine villagers have been noticing unusual and irregular fighters with accents who have been seen in Rakhine State for several months along with the Myanmar army fighters.

According to close sources to BGF, 400 troops have been deploying in Rakhine frontlines under the command of LID 11 and 22 since March.

Local people reported 60 fighters of BGF were wounded, and 15 men were already killed during the fights with AA for last a couple of months.

The local people started to notice they could not speak neither Burmese nor Rakhine while they were buying groceries at local markets. Some wounded men also told nurses at local hospitals they were from Karen state.

Since then the local people talked and posted their encounters on social media.

Related to this news of BGF presences in Rakhine state, some photos of Indian looked and very rough men with long hairs who were called as tough army officers by some military supporters Facebook were appeared on online for several months ago.

Some speculators wrote these men must be from Indian army that was helping Myanmar army. But these leaks of photos are in fact from BGF troops who have already been Rakhine State.

Very recently, a Myanmar business man known as Zaykabar Khin Shwe, who is supporter of Myanmar, and BGF commander Major Mouk Thone met in Bangkok. The meeting, many close observers, is believed to be funded to BGF troops via business rewards by Myanmar army.

These news of BGF presences in Rakhine State has been circulated for several weeks on local news and social media, but none of the sources of Myanmar army and BGF itself has yet revealed about it, nor further independent verification was disclosed.

Zaykabar Khin Shwe on the far left and Maj Mouk Thone on far right meeting in Bangkok in May last week

Tuesday, 28 May 2019

Arakanese villager was killed by Myanmar Army


Arakanese villager from Min Thar Taung village, KyaukTaw township, Arakan ( western so-called Myanmar) was killed by Myanmar Army on 26.5.2019.

By the time the Arakanese villager named U Kyaw Haling was going to fetch bamboos from the hill, he was arrested at gunpoint by Myanmar Army men who was already deployed on the hill to launch offensive attacks against the Arakan Army by their chief war criminal Min Aung Haling after Aung San Suu Kyi  called for her Army to crush Arakan Army.

The poor Arakanese villager was beaten to unconscious by Myanmar Army Men and was later handed over to police to file charge sheet against him before the court.
When the poor villager was handed over to police, he was unconscious and never ever came back conscious. His wife, Saw Saw Than, was waiting for him since he went to hill to collect bamboos.  

The wife became the widow when she saw her husband’s dead body in the Kyauk Taw hospital. Her husband was beaten on the face and entire body. His right eye was gouged
out and his chest was stabbed with muzzle of barrel of gun and his belly was kicked by Myanmar Army Men.


Tuesday, 21 May 2019

Myanmar Army kills Arakanese children after Aung San Suu Kyi called for her Army to crush Arakan Army



The ten year old Arakanese girl named Ma Athin Chay was killed by Myanmar Army
at 5:45 pm on 19.5.2019 in Myuk Chaung village, Kayk Taw township, Arakan (western
Myanmar) when she and her brother named Soe Soe Aung returned home from village monastery.

The sibling were on the way to home back after donating juices to abbot and monks including novices while Myanmar Army  opened fire them. As soon as they heard gunshot, the sibling ran into bushes to hide. 

But, from the back, Myanmar Army men shot at them. The bullet perforated through the head of the girl from back of head. Her brother hugged her sometime and tried to carry her back home. Due to soldiers of killer Myanmar Army approached to hiding bushes, he had to leave his sister dead body and ran to home. 

When he reached home, he told his parent and villagers and then villagers tried to collect girl body but from the outside of village,Myanmar Army shelled artillery fire on the village and around the village therefore they could not pick up girl body until next morning.
Those artillery shells landed  village named Mala village, wounding three boys and their mother. Myanmar Army is killing Arakanese children and women everyday without distinguishing after so-called Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for her Army to crush Arakan Army in Arakan.

Thursday, 16 May 2019

Arakan Americans protest at Myanmar Embassy in Washington D.C for killings of Arakanese people


Arakan American community (AAC) has held once demonstration against the war criminal
Myanmar Army’s brutal killing in Arakan (western Myanmar) in front of Myanmar Embassy in USA after Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi instructed Myanmar Army to eliminate Arakan Army , which was given birth to free Arakan from Myanmar by Arakanese people, on 25.3.2019.

Now, it again demonstrated against the notorious Myanmar Army’s bloody massacre of innocent Arakanese villagers.   Six out of 275 men from Kyauktan village were killed and eight others injured by gunfire during 14 days of interrogation and three out of 27 villagers from Letka village died during the Myanmar Army’s detention for questioning. 

The poor Arakanese families were not allowed to see dead bodies of their relatives and bodies were not handed over to families. In a cruel and inhuman way, Myanmar Army effaced bodies and destroyed all evidences because it does not want people to know how it commits crime by beating and shooting villagers. 

Poor relatives were unable to perform the last rites for their dear ones. Therefore, the protesters performed a funeral service for nine villagers recently killed while being detained by killer Myanmar Army in front of Myanmar Embassy in Washington D.C.USA on 13.5.2019.



The protesters demanded five key factors and according to the ACC statement, to release immediately of all detainees and halt the targeting of civilians by Myanmar Army, to take actions for those who have committed war crimes and rights abuses from Myanmar Army. To response humanitarian aid for the growing numbers of Rakhine IDPs by the government and open trends for INGOs, NGOs and aid organization to assist freely the IDPs along with the establishment of an independent inquiry without bias for hearing, are issued.
 

Friday, 3 May 2019

Myanmar Army massacres Arakanese villagers



By the time Myanmar Army was hijacking 275 civilians in Rathedaung township’s Kyauk Tan village, Arakan (western Myanmar) on 2.5.2019, Seven detained Arakanese villagers were killed and eight were wounded. Since Tuesday, Myanmar Army detained to interrogate them about possible links to a nearby alleged Arakan Army (AA) training camp. Civilians were taken to village school premises and surrounded by over 300 Myanmar forces. Poor villagers were ordered to stay under the burning sun and under the open sky at night too.

At 2 a.m ,on 3.5.2019, a village woman heard gunshots from school premises. “It was over 20 shots” she said.

Myanmar Army’s irresponsible spokesman Zaw Min Tun said “ villagers attempted to grab
guns from soldiers”. But nobody believes him because his information was always complete fabrication. Arakan Army’s spokesman Khaing Thuka said “we think this is a plot made up by the Myanmar military to cover up their atrocities against the villagers” 

Myanmar Army is now regularly killing Arakanese people after Aung San Suu Kyi called for her Army to launch military operation against the Arakan Army in Arakan. Moreover, Myanmar Army is burgling every village while clashes happen with Arakan Army nearby villages and loots by massacring villagers.





Monday, 29 April 2019

The Arakanese boy killed by MRLS of Myanmar Army and two other were severely injured


The 13 year old Arakanese boy named Maung Aung Myo Naing was killed and a 12-year old boy, named Maung Aung Myo Win and a 4-year old girl named Thein May Oo were severely injured by Myanmar Army’s Multiple Rocket Launcher System (MRLS) in the Kharu Chaung village, northern Arakan(western Myanmar).The victims were siblings. The injured brother and sister were admitted to sittwe hospital.

Due to Myanmar Army’s shelling on Kharu Chaung village, the siblings and their villagers fled and took refuge at village monastery recently. On 28.4.2019, Myanmar Army started again shelling and launching its MRLS rockets nearby village automatically. Unfortunately, one of those rockets landed and hit the sibling while they were playing near the monastery.

Meanwhile, Myanmar Army killed three villagers during interrogation process after column of
Myanmar Army abducted 27 villagers from Lakka village in ancient city of Mrauk Oo , Arakan on April 10.   Myanmar Army admitted the death of villagers during interrogation but they told only that villagers were passing away because of heart attack. And bodies of villagers were too not handed over to families. Members of families met cabinet of Arakan, on April 28, to get justice.


However , Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and  the irresponsible war criminal Myanmar Army chief , Min Aung Haling, also remained tight-lipped about the fact and does not seem to take action against the murders of their soldiers who killed three Arakanese villagers during interrogation.





Monday, 22 April 2019

Clash broke out between Myanmar Army and Kachin Independence Army



Myanmar Army had declared unilateral ceasefire in all of ethnic regions except in the lost Arakan to Myanmar ( western Myanmar) particularly to launch military operation against the Arakan Army for just four months. However, Myanmar Army broke its unilateral ceasefire in northern Shan State by attacking to Kachin Independence Army, a few days ago, when it was unable to crush Arakan Army and it did not want forthcoming meeting between the Kachin Independence Army and PCG of Myanmar Government. The meeting is known to make bilateral agreement between the KIA and Myanmar or Burma. Arakan Army is also expected to attend it.


In northern Shan State’s Muse Distrait, Light Infantry Division 99 of Myanmar Army started to seize a village of Howa and attacked battalion No. 36 of Kachin Independence Army.

Myanmar Army’s offensive attacks took place in the last week of a four-month unilateral ceasefire declared by Myanmar Army in December 2018.

Meanwhile, Myanmar Army’s offensive attacks against the Arakan Army is also badly going on in Arakan. Due to Myanmar Army’s shelling and bombing on villages in northern Arakan, there are, right now, over 35000 Internally Displaced Persons across the five townships in which a curfew was imposed by Myanmar Government controlled by Myanmar Army to colonize Arakan continually one way and another.


Since April 19, 2019, Myanmar Army launched artillery fire on the villages again , accusing every Arakanese villager and civilian as member of Arakan Army. Poor villagers were just to flee from their villages to nearby places with just only clothes on their bodies. No local aid group is allowed to help humanitarian and relief aid to IDPs. It is pain from very bottom of heart that we, Arakan, feel never before in history after our nation was occupied by Myanmar or Burma.

Monday, 8 April 2019

Mrs.Aung San Suu Kyi is main accomplice in killing Arakanese people


Myanmar Government led by Aung San Suu Kyi is an accomplice in killing Arakanese people while Myanmar Army is massacring Arakanese people nowadays. Almost everyday, one way and another, Myanmar Army kills, persecutes, loots, rapes and arsons Arakanese people and villages because Aung San Suu Kyi called for her Army to do so in the name of military
operation against the Arakan Army which was given birth to free Arakan from Myanmar by Arakanese people.

The oppressed Arakanese people under the Myanmar rule are, in the world, actually, becoming destitute people without future because Arakanese people are being killed in their own land everyday by Myanmar occupier or Myanmar Army (Arakan is the lost nation to Myanmar).
A woman attempted to rape by Myanmar Army man

Just one day back, one dead Arakanese man - whom Myanmar Army fastened with ropes on legs, attaching with stones – was found on the bank of river after the tide was going out and another woman - who had been weeding her plantation at nearby village - was forced to rape by a solider of Myanmar Army.

Due to Myanmar Army’s offensive attacks against the Arakan Army after Aung San Suu Kyi directed on her war criminal Myanmar Army to crush Arakan Army, There are nearly 30,000 displaced persons in Arakan. No Myanmar minister is coming to assist them and brutally,
Myanmar Government and its Army are also banning all local and international organizations to access Arakanese Internally Displaced Persons to help humanitarian aid.
Moreover, Local charity groups like New Generation of Rakhine Youth Charity Association was
blocked by Myanmar police for fund raising at Zaygyi market in Sittwe – capital of Arakan – while Myanmar Army together with Government of Myanmar  led by Aung San Suu Kyi ,intentionally, is materializing four cuts policy to eliminate Arakan Army.

The number of IDPs in the lost Arakan to Myanmar has reached to nearly 30,000 and they are in dire need of emergency aid such as foods, clothing, shelters and other relief items. However, Myanmar government led by Aung San Suu Kyi , cruelly, without compassion and fellow feeling, is blocking  all kind of humanitarian aids to IDPs whom Aung San Suu Kyi and Myanmar Army seem to treat as their enemy even if they were innocent villagers.  

As we all know, Myanmar has gotten an inhuman the last will and testament of their then cunning politician Mr. Mine as legacy. The will left by Mr. Mine was selfishness of Burma or Myanmar and it was brutal, atrocious, inhuman and criminal against the ethnics of Myanmar and Arakan. Every Myanmar politician and Army man implements this will of legacy and follows it by one way and another. Therefore, it is sure that there will be never ever good image of Myanmar or Burma in the civilized world.


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