Myanmar Army has set fire to village again in Arakan

There was arson again to Arakanese village in northern Arakan( western Myanmar)

committed by Myanmar Army  on  July 13, 2019 after Myanmar government led by

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi shut down internet service in Arakan.

This time, no sooner had Myanmar Army set fire to houses from Nwa Ron Taung village of Buthitaung Township, than it accused Arakan Army as arsonist.

The Arakan Army -  which is given birth by Arakanese people – released statement two days back that denouncing the statement of Myanmar Army alleging the AA of running away after starting fires in Nwa Ron Taung village in Buthidaung Township. 

A villager from Nwa Ron Taung village, who asked anonymity, told local media that Myanmar Army was conducting military operation near the villages and set fire to village by the time it became to be in disadvantage.

According to media like Radio Free Asia, Throughout Myanmar, there were continued reports of Myanmar military committing human rights violations and abuses particularly in Arakan.

Therefore, The U.S’s State Department has announced in the evening of 16 July that it has imposed travel sanctions on Commander-in-Chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Vice Senior-General Soe Win, Maj-Gen Than Oo, Major Aung Aung and their immediate family members for involvement in gross violations of human rights including in extrajudicial killings in northern Arakan.

The latest strategy of Myanmar army and government on Arakan is very much unlawful

Myanmar or Burma abhors Arakan National on the ground of racism. Therefore, from time

to time, Myanmar is oppressing Arakan National by not giving the same rights and freedom as Myanmar or Burma.

From generation to generation, Arakanese people are still suffering from persecution of Myanmar in every field under the oppressive rule of Myanmar. Due to Myanmar Army’s offensive attacks against the Arakan Army in Northern Arakan –western so-called Myanmar – where there are nowadays nearly 50,000 Internally Displaced Persons without sufficient shelters, food and cloths.

These IDPs are to leave their homes and villages when Myanmar Army shells bombs and torches villages after Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi directs her notorious Myanmar Army to launch operation against the Arakan Army which is given birth to free Arakan from Myanmar by Arakanese people.

Local media writes that  ‘for children from refugee camps, the most important matter now is how to live in their shelters during rainy season; school is not priority number one’. Children have not any accessories to go to school with. “We are now struggling to get food on a daily basis, so we can’t afford to let them go to school. We don’t know what the government will do yet. My daughter is a grade five student. Right now, we can’t do anything to help her go to school,” U Hla Maung Shwe from Kan Sauk refugee camp said.

The Myanmar army extended another two more months of bilateral ceasefire in northeast but excludes Arakan Land to crush Arakan Army and to oppress Arakanese people.

At the same time, by shutting down internet in Arakan,Myanmar government is arresting more and more people while entire region is blackout.

Arakan Army spokesperson’s brother-in-law and two other villagers are arrested in Ann township, Arakan. Besides, Myanmar army has filed formal charges against AA Commander General Tun Myat Naing, Lieutenant General DR Nyo Tun Aung, Col. Kyaw Han, Spokesperson Khine Thu Kha, and Central Committee Member San Shwe Aung.

Due to Myanmar embassy’s instruction, the Singaporean police and immigration arrested Ko Aung Myat Kyaw (younger brother of the AA chief) and Ko Tun Aye this morning, according to the Arakanese community in Singapore at 6 am on 10 July. 

On the other hand, Myanmar government is sending its troops to Arakan more and more and every village in five townships, northern Arakan , are being attempted to seal off all accesses to villages Therefore, villagers are running out foods while they are unable to come out from villages.

Myanmar Army commits arson by burning Arakanese villages

Myanmar Army – war criminal – burned Arakanese villages, named Amyet Taung

and Alay chaung, in Rathetaung township and Buthitaung township respectively, Arakan (western Myanmar) after clashes with Arakan Army.

The arsonist Myanmar Army was cowardly setting fire to those villages because of it had been attacked at eight places in northern Arakan during a day(5.7.2019) by 

Arakan Army and lost its 40 combatants.

After battle happened on the mountain near the Amyet Taung village, the arsonist war

criminal Myanmar Army entered village and started setting fire to houses on the west and

east. Every house were burned to ground and poor villagers were to flee from village to nearby places. 

This was first arson to Arakanese villages committed by Myanmar Army after Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi shut down internet service in Arakan.

Meanwhile, 14 Arakanese villagers were killed by Myanmar Army during interrogation process after Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for her brutal Army to launch operation against the Arakan Army. Moreover,  due to Myanmar Army’s shelling and bombing on villages in northern Arakan, there are, right now, over 40000 Internally Displaced Persons across the five townships in which a curfew was imposed by Myanmar Government.

Challenges of UN Security Council on Rakhine Crisis; Need Tougher Stand

- July 03, 2019 https://arakanic.blogspot.com/2019/07/challenges-of-un-security-council-on.html

Challenges of UN Security Council on Rakhine Crisis; Need Tougher Stand  

UN Special Envoy to Myanmar Christine Schraner-Burgener

July 3, 2019. Sittway

It is more than a thriller but not a movie on the screen; it is a reality of endless human rights abuse thriller by Myanmar military in Rakhine State while entire region is blacking out.

On the other side of the world, UN Special Envoy Christine Schraner-Burgener is briefing UN Security Council over optimistic view on Myanmar government, handling violence and refugee repatriation. She even misleads fighting with Arakan Army is hindering refugee repatriation process.

“Meanwhile, I am concerned that the heavy fighting with Arakan Army (AA) will further impact effort toward the dignified, voluntary and safe return of refugees,” she writes on her briefing.

In fact, the refugee repatriation is already damaged credibility by the leadership of Myanmar unwillingness and lack of fully accepting international cooperation before the fighting broken out with AA in earlier months of 2019.

Mrs. Schraner-Burgener tends to forget both the government and military leaderships are parts of problem and accountable for violence and forced relocation of the Muslim refugees.

Without the punitive actions against perpetrators through criminal procedure but proving carrots to it alone cannot guarantee the system of deterring further violence and maintaining justice.

Even worse, two temporary detainees Rakhine villagers are killed during the military detention and over 5,000 villagers seeking for shelters while internet blackout very recently.

Myanmar army arrested 10 villagers from Packtaw Pyin village on June 20. Among the 10 arrested, Nay Myo Tun, 23, was tortured and killed in the army custody on June 25.

Zaw Win Hlaing, 28, was killed by Myanmar soldiers while in detention in Sittway hospital. He was arrested by the army on June 20 along with other 8 villagers in Waythali village near Mrauk U township.

Zaw Win Hlaing badly and internally wounded while interrogation. He was taken to Sittway hospital on June 30 but died on July 2. He was severely beaten by stones and iron bars during detaining.   

On June 29, 3,000 villagers from Lin Gonn and Kyauktan villages, Rathidaung township, ran away when the government soldiers were entering into the villages.

Similarity, 1,500 villagers from Taw Phua Chung village and 1,200 villager Paw Hree Pyin village, Pannaygun township, ran away and took shelter in IDP camps in the last week of June.

On June 30, government soldiers burned down 23 farm-huts and 24 hey-straw-reserved near Min Thar Daung village, Kyawtaw township.

All these atrocities happened in Rakhine State after the internet blackout.

UN Special Envoy Christine Schraner-Burgener is fail to mention the war crimes Myanmar army committing persistently in Rakhine State and their accountabilities.

There are people dying and starving every day. Myanmar government does the killing and starving the people.

Meanwhile, UN agencies are silence to protect the civilians and fail to provide humanitarian assistances. Instead, Christine Schraner-Burgener calls for unified supports of her effort to pleasing the conflicting-party government that drove out over a half million refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

More rights abuses are predictable in Rakhine State since the same leaderships of both government and Tatmadaw are in-charge of fresh conflicts of waring with Arakan Army, which once targeted Muslim populations.

UN Security Council requires careful and reasonable doubts before it shifts policy on Myanmar. Possible war crimes and to refer those cases to International Criminal Court is thoughtful and long-term resolution that will prevent Myanmar army to halt lasting violence toward civilians in Southeast Asia region. 

Aung San Suu Kyi blocks internet in northern Arakan

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Since six months ago, Myanmar Army – war criminal – launched offensive attacks against the Arakan Army in Arakan (western Myanmar). During the period of within six months, it had lost number of its soldiers and arms and ammunitions. 

According to Arakan Army, the death toll of Myanmar Army reached nearly 1500 during the period of six months but Myanmar Army denied it even if every media expressed.

When all attempts to fight against Arakan Army have failed, Myanmar government led by Aung San Suu Kyi and her Army led by Min Aung Haling imposed internet ban in northern Arakan as a last resort. It was stupidity of Myanmar government and its Army that imposed internet shutdown in Arakan to crush Arakan Army without caring will of public.

After Myanmar government and its Army banned internet services, they started air strikes again against the Arakan Army in northern Arakan, killing villagers and wounding minor boys and girls.

On Monday, the UN’s special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar released an announcement. “The entire region is in a blackout,” said rapporteur Lee. “I fear for all civilians there, cut off and without the necessary means to communicate with people inside and outside the area.”

Arakan Chief Minister lets police to send villagers into jail

The appointee of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Arakan is Arakan State

Government led by Chief Minister Mr. Nyi Pu who carries out whatever Aung San Suu Kyi instructs to him.  So, he arrested Arakanese political leaders, religious monks and villagers even if his blood is Arakan’s.

After Aung San Suu kyi called for her brutal war criminal Myanmar Army to launch

offensive attacks against the Arakan Army -

which was given birth by the Arakanese

people to free Arakan from the yoke of Myanmar colony -    Arakan Chief Minister Mr. Nyi Pu ,out of the blue, was arresting villagers in cooperative activity with notorious Myanmar Army.

Myanmar Army is nowadays shelling mortars on the villages in revenge for attacks made by commandos of  Arakan Army and then it is burgling into villages to kill, loot and arrest villagers.

The poor villagers, in fear, are just to flee from their villages to IDPs camps with just only cloth on their bodies. They are to leave their plantations, paddy fields, animal husbandry, so on. Myanmar Army feeds itself vegetables from plantations of villagers and also it feeds itself chickens, pigs, goats, cows and buffalos from villages  when villagers are running away from villages. Moreover, from the every house in villages, Myanmar Army’s dacoits steal golden rings, earring, bangles and local currency notes.

By the time poor villagers reach IDPs camps to take refuge, Myanmar police and Army including immigration officers arrest villagers because of most of villagers have no registration card  of Myanmar and no family tree chart recognized by Myanmar  . They are being accused as members of Arakan Army and are produced before the court after Myanmar Army men make investigation by beating and persecuting.

Chief Minister Nyi Pu whose under the nose, villagers are being everyday arrested from villages and IDPs camps. But, in cooperative activity with Myanmar Army and Aung San Suu Kyi, Mr. Nyi Pu allows police to send villagers into prison.

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

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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

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

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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

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.